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ONE   HUNDRED   AND   TWELFTH 
ANNUAL  REPORT 


PERKINS  INSTITUTION 

AND  MASSACHUSETTS  SCHOOL 
FOR  THE  BLIND 


Incorporated  March  2,  1829 


1943 


Offices  of  Administration  and  Schools 
WATERTOWN 


The  Workshop 

549  East  Fourth  Street 

SOUTH  BOSTON 


The  Treasurer 

19  Congress  Street 

BOSTON 


CONTENTS 

Calendar 4 

History 5 

Past  Officers 6 

Officers  of  the  Corporation 7 

Officers  of  Administration 8 

Upper  School  StaflF 9 

Lower  School  Staff 10 

Members  of  the  Corporation 11 

Proceedings  of  the  Corporation 13 

Report  of  the  Trustees 15 

Report  of  the  Director 17 

Report  of  the  Ophthalmologist .  38 

Report  of  the  Physician 39 

Report  of  the  Dentists 40 

Workshop  for  Adults 41 

Howe  Memorial  Press 42 

List  of  Pupils 43 

Acknowledgments 45 

Statement  of  Accounts      .        . 48 

Listitution 48 

Howe  Memorial  Press 53 

Kindergarten 55 

Contributors 58 


September  13. 
September  14. 
September  14. 
September  15. 
September  20. 

October  11. 
October  12. 
October      18. 

November  1 . 
November  8. 
November  9. 
November  15. 
November  25. 

December  13. 
December  14. 
December  16. 
December  19. 
December  20. 
December  20. 
December  21. 
December  22  - 

January  5. 

January  10. 

January  11. 

January  17. 

February  8. 

February  12. 

February  14. 

February  21. 

February  22. 

March  13. 

March  14. 

March  20. 

March  30  - 


April 
April 
April 

May 

May 
May 
May 

June 
June 
June 
June 
June 


11. 
11. 

17. 


9. 
15. 
30. 


12. 
13. 
15. 
17. 


September  11. 
September  12. 
September  12. 
September  13. 


CALENDAR 

1943-1944 

StafiF  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Pupils  Return  after  Summer  Vacation 

School  Begins 

Matrons'  Meeting  (All  Matrons) 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Lower  School) 

Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation 
Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 
Matrons'  Meeting  (Girls'  Upper  School) 
Thanksgiving  Day 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Christmas  Concert  at  the  School 

Christmas  Concert  at  Jordan  Hall 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Boys'  Upper  School) 

Cottage  Christmas  Parties 

Christmas  Concert  at  the  School 


Christmas  Vacation 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (All  Matrons) 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Holiday 

Staff  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Lower  School) 

Demonstration  of  Pupils'  Activities 

Staff  Meeting- 
Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
Matrons'  Meeting  (Girls'  Upper  School) 


Easter  Vacation 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Boys'  Upper  School) 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (All  Matrons) 

Holiday 

Alumnas  Day 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Graduation  Day 

Alumni  Day 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
Pupils  Return  after  Summer  Vacation 
School  Begins 


PERKINS  INSTITUTION 

History 

IN  1826  Dr.  John  D.  Fisher  returned  to  Boston  from  Paris  resolved  to  provide  for 
the  bhnd  of  Massachusetts  the  same  care  afforded  them  in  France.  Enlisting 
the  aid  of  friends,  a  committee  was  formed  and  upon  petition  to  the  Legislature 
an  Act  of  Incorporation  was  granted  on  March  2,  1829,  establishing  "The  New 
England  Asylum  for  the  Blind,"  the  first  school  in  America  for  those  without  sight. 
In  1831  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  just  returned  from  participation  in  the  Greek 
wars,  was  elected  the  first  director,  and  in  August,  1832,  the  first  classes  were  held 
in  the  house  of  Dr.  Howe's  father  on  Pleasant  Street. 

During  the  early  years  Col.  Thomas  H.  Perkins  became  interested  in  the  little 
school  and  gave  for  its  use  his  large  house  on  Pearl  Street.  The  need  for  larger  quarters 
was  soon  apparent,  and  in  1839  the  great  hotel  in  South  Boston  was  purchased. 
This  pm-chase  was  made  possible  by  the  assent  of  Colonel  Perkins  to  the  sale  of  the 
house  that  he  had  given  to  the  school.  Because  of  this  magnanimous  attitude  of 
Colonel  Perkins  the  trustees  renamed  the  school  "Perkins  Institution  and  Massachu- 
setts Asylum  for  the  Blind."  This  name  was  changed  in  1877  to  the  present  name, 
"Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind." 

Dr.  Howe  directed  the  growing  work  of  Perkins  Institution  for  forty  years  and 
was  succeeded  in  1876  by  his  Greek  protege  and  son-in-law,  Michael  Anagnos.  Mr. 
Anagnos  created  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  for  publishing  embossed  books  and  for 
the  manufacture  of  appliances  for  education  of  the  blind.  In  1887  he  founded  the 
Kindergarten  in  Jamaica  Plain,  the  first  school  in  the  world  for  little  blind  children. 
After  thirty  years  of  leadership  Mr.  Anagnos  died  in  Rumania  in  1906. 

In  1907  the  directorship  of  Perkins  Institution  fell  to  Edward  E.  Allen,  head  of 
the  school  for  the  blind  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  had  just  rebuilt  the  school  plant 
on  a  garden  site  outside  of  the  city.  Coming  to  Boston,  Mr.  Allen  began  plans  for 
a  new  Perkins,  and  in  1912  the  Institution  and  in  1913  the  Kindergarten  were  housed 
in  the  beautiful  new  plant  at  Watertown.  These  buildings,  situated  on  an  old  estate 
of  thirty-four  acres  on  the  banks  of  the  Charles  River,  have  school  and  residence 
facilities  for  nearly  three  hundred  pupils.  Dr.  Allen  retired  in  1931.  His  last  official 
act  was  to  write  the  one  hundredth  annual  report.  Thus  for  a  centm-y  Perkins  Institu- 
tion had  but  three  directors. 

Purpose 
Perkins  Institution  provides  for  the  visually  handicapped  youth  of  New  England 
full  educational  opportunity  from  kindergarten  through  high  school.  The  content 
of  instruction  corresponds  with  that  offered  to  seeing  boys  and  girls  in  the  public 
schools.  The  methods  of  instruction  of  necessity  differ.  Principal  differences  are  that 
embossed  books  take  the  place  of  ink  print,  and  studies  are  taught  objectively.  In 
the  adaptation  and  invention  of  means  of  instructing  the  blind  Perkins  has  been  a 
pioneer  through  its  ceHtm-y  of  existence.  Much  attention  is  paid  to  physical  and 
manual  training  and  to  music.  Opportunity  is  provided  for  those  qualified  to  pursue 
higher  studies  or  take  advanced  work  in  music  and  vocational  fields. 

Boys  and  girls  without  sight  or  with  insufficient  sight  to  read  ink  print  are 
admitted  as  pupils,  if  capable  of  education  and  in  good  health.  While  at  the  school 
pupils  reside  in  cottages  where  the  teachers  also  live,  and  through  this  association 
they  acquire  that  unconscious  tuition  which  is  such  an  important  part  of  the  program 
of  socialization.  The  primary  aim  of  Perkins  Institution  is  to  qualify  its  visually 
handicapped  pupils  to  take  contributory  places  in  normal  life.  New  pupils  are  admitted 
in  September  and  February,  and  all  pupils  must  return  to  their  homes  for  the  short 
vacations  at  Christmas  and  Easter  and  for  the  long  vacation  in  the  summer. 


PAST  OFFICERS 


PRESIDENTS 


1830-1837,  Jonathan  Phujjpb 
1838-1839,  Samuel  Appleton 
1840-1846,  Peter  C.  Brooks 
1847-1854,  Richard  Fletcher 
1855-1861,  Edward  Brooks 


1862-1869,  Samuel  Mat 
1870-1871,  Martin  Brimmer 
1872-1897,  Samuel  Eliot 
1898-1930,  Francis  H.  Appleton 
1930-,  Robert  H.  Hallowell 


VICE-PRESIDENTS 


1830-1834,  William  Calhoun 
1835-1846,  Thomas  H.  Perkins 
1847-1850,  Edward  Brooks 
1851,  John  D.  Fisher 
1852-1866,  Stephen  Fairbanks 
1867-1870,  Joseph  Lyman 
1871-1892,  John  Cummings 


1893-1896,  George  Hale 
1897-1911,  Amort  A.  Lawrence 
1912-1913,  N.  P.  Hallowell 
1914-1921,  George  H.  Richards 
1922-1929,  William  L.  Richardson 
1930-,  G.  Peabodt  Gardner 


TREASURERS 


1830-1839,  Richard  Tucker 
1840-1846,  Peter  R.  Dalton 
1847-1861,  Thomas  B.  Wales 
1862-1868,  William  Clafun 
1869-1872,  William  Endicott 
1873-1879,  Henrt  Endicott 


1880,  Patrick  T.  Jackson 
1881-1902,  Edward  Jackson 
1903,  Patrick  T.  Jackson 
1904-1916,  William  Endicott 
1917-1935,  Albert  Thorndike 
1935-,  Roger  Amort 


SECRETARIES  AND  DIRECTORS 


1831-1876,  Samuel  Gridlet  Howe,  M.D. 
1876-1906,  Michael  Anagnos,  M.A. 


1907-1931,  Edward  E.  Allen,  D.Sc. 
1931-,  Gabriel  Farrell,  D.D. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION 

1943-1944 

PRESIDENT 
Robert  H.  Hallowell 

VICE-PRESIDENT  TREASURER 

G.  Peabodt  Gahdner  Roger  Amort 

SECRETARY  ASSISTANT  TREASURER 

Gabriel  Farrell  Francis  C.  Rogerson 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

John  P.  Chase  Miss  Ellen  H.  Gleason* 

Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson  Robert  H.  Hallowell 

Theodore  F.  Drury*  Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D. 

Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.*  Ralph  Lowell 

Mrs.  Homer  Gage  Daniel  J.  Lyne* 

G.  Peabody  Gardner  Warren  Motley 

STANDING  COMMITTEES 

Executive  Finance 

Robert  H.  Hallowell,  President,  ex  officio         Roger  Amory,  Treasurer,  ex  officio 

Roger  Amory,  Treasurer,  ex  officio  G.  Peabody  Gardner 

Gabriel  Farrell,  Secretary,  ex  officio  Ralph  Lowell 

Ralph  Lowell  John  P.  Chase 

Warren  Motley 

SUB-COMMITTEES 

Appointed  by  the  Executive  Committee 

Education  Health  and  Personnel  Vocations 

Robert  H.  Hallowell         Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.  Daniel  J.  Lyne 

Theodore  F.  Drury  Mrs.  Homer  Gage  Miss  Ellen  H.  Gleason 

HenryW.  Holmes,  LL.D.     Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson  Warren  Motley 

MONTHLY  VISITING  COMMITTEE 

Whose  duty  it  is  to  visit  and  inspect  the  Institution  at  least  once  in  each  month 
January     Warren  Motley  June  Theodore  F.  Drury 

February  Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.  September  Mrs.  Homer  Gage 

March       Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D.  October      Miss  Ellen  H.  Gleason 

April  Ralph  Lowell  November  Daniel  J.  Lyne 

May  G.  Peabody  Gardner  December  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson 

LADIES'  VISITING  COMMITTEE  TO  THE  KINDERGARTEN 

Miss  Eleanor  S.  Parker,  President 

Mrs.  Frederick  J.  Alley,  Secretary 
January     Mrs.  E.  Preble  Motley  May  Mrs.  Algernon  Coolidqe 

February  Miss  Andree  Cassels  June  Miss  Eleanor  S.  Parker 

March       Mrs.  Frederick  J.  Alley  October      Mrs.  R.  T.  Lyman 

April  Mrs.  Sturgis  Hinds  November  Mrs.  George  H.  Monks 

Mrs.  Alfred  Kidder,  2d  December  Miss  Bertha  Vaughan 

Honorary  Members 
Mrs.  Larz  Anderson  Mrs.  Maude  Howe  Elliott 

*  Appointed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth. 

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OFFICERS  OF  ADMINISTRATION 

DIRECTOR 

GABRIEL  FARRELL,  B.S.,  B.D.,  D.D. 

DIRECTOR-EMERITUS 

EDWARD  E.  ALLEN,  A.B.,  D.Sc. 

OFFICE 
J.  Stephenson  Hemphill,  B.S.,  M.B.A.,  Bursar 
Mary  B.  Lockwood  Ethel  L.  MacKenzie 

Secretary  to  the  Director  Bookkeeper 

Verna  L.  Anderson  Ruth  E.  Marsden 

Secretary  to  the  Bursar  Assistant 

Catherine  M.  CAMPBELLf  J  Lilt  B.  HowARof 

Ediphonist  Telephone  Operator 

Mrs.  Olive  W.  Putnam*  Mrs.  Mattie  B.  Carter 

Receptionist  Assistant 

LIBRARY 
Mary  Esther  Sawyer,  Librarian 
Florence  J.  Worth,  Circulation  Marion  A.  Woodworth,  Reference 

DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH 
Robert  S.  Palmer,  M.D.,  Attending  Physician^ 
Dera  Kinsey,  M.D.,  Attending  Physician 
Trtgve  Gundersen,  M.D.J  Frank  R.  Ober,  M.D. 

Hugo  B.  C.  Riemer,  M.D.  Orthopedic  Surgeon 

Ophthalmologists  Charles  L  Johnson,  M.D.f 

Harold  L.  Higgins,  M.D.  Otologist 

Pediatrician  Reinhold  Ruelberg,  D.M.D. 

Henry  R.  Viets,  M.D.  Dentist  for  the  Lower  School 

Neurologist  Mark  D.  Elliott,  D.D.S.J 

Francis  R.  Dieuaide,  M.D.  George  E.  Crowell,  D.D.S. 

Syphilologist  Dentists  for  the  Upper  School 

Almira  J.  Clark,  R.N.,  Resident  Nurse 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PERSONNEL  AND  RESEARCH 

Samuel  P.  IIa.yes,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Psychologist 

Rupert  A.  Chittick,  M.D.*  Mrs.  Sina  F.  Waterhouse,  A.B.,  M.A.f 

Psychiatrist  Speech  Correction 

Frances  E.  Marshall  M.  Albertina  Eastman,  B.S.f 

Home  Visitor  Speech  Correction 

Sarah  C.  Tyler,  A.B.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  L.  Rew 

Psychomeirist  Physiotherapy 

Bertha  L.  Cowen,  Secretary 

DEPARTMENT  OF  MAINTENANCE 
Nelson  Coon  Maurice  J.  Carroll 

Buildings  and  Grounds  Chief  Engineer 

*  Employed  part  time,  t  Visually  handicapped.  J  Absent  1943-1944. 

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UPPER  SCHOOL  STAFF 


Allan  W.  Sherman,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Principal 
Elsie  H.  Simonds,  A.B.,  Supervisor  of  Girls 

COLLEGE  PREPARATORY  AND  LITERARY  DEPARTMENTS 


Florence  W.  Barbour,  A.B. 

Alice  Cornelison,  A.B. 

Ethel  D.  Evans 

Genevieve  M.  Haven,  A.B.,  Ed.M. 

Gertrude  S.  Harlow! 

Frangcon  L.  Jones 


Armand  J.  Michaud,  A.B.,  M.A.f 

Bradford  W.  Newcomb,  B.S. 

Claudia  Potter,  A.B. 

Clara  L.  Pratt 

R.  Lawrence  Thompson,  A.B.f 

Edward  J.  Waterhouse,  B.A.,  M.A.f 


Matthew  Di  MARTiNof 
Physical  Education 


Dorothy  Rodgers,  B.S. 
Physical  Education 


MUSIC  DEPARTMENT 
John  F.  Hartwell 
Edward  W.  Jenkins,  L.T.C.L.*t  Albert  R.  Raymond,  B.M.,  M.A.* 

Rachel  Quant,  A.B.  Louise  Seymour 

Elizabeth  C.  Hart  Mabel  A.  Starbird* 

COMMERCIAL  DEPARTMENT 
GuiDO  J.  Marchisio,  A.B.f  Mary  H.  Ferguson 

VOCATIONAL  DEPARTMENT 
Julian  H.  Mabey 
David  Abraham  /  Frances  L.  McGaw 

Susan  M.  Brooks  Sharlie  M.  Chandler 

Douglas  CookJ  C.  Jane  Lawrence,  A.B. 

Maby  B.  Knowlton* 


Elwyn  H.  FoWLERf 
Sidney  B.  Durfee*! 

Pianoforte  Tuning 


Elizabeth  C.  Oliver,  B.S. 
Frances  L.  Martin,  B.S. 
Home  Economics 


MATRONS 


Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Keith,  Eliot  Cottage 

Bridgman  Cottage 
Amanda  Harmening,  Tompkins  Cottage 
Mrs.  Freda  Jablonske,  Moulton  Cottage 


Mrs.  Ruth  E.  Geer,  Fisher  Cottage 
Mrs.  Pearl  Gosling,  Brooks  Cottage 
Mrs.  Nellie  E.  H.  Hamil,  May  Cottage 
Mrs.  Marion  R.  Woolston, 
Oliver  Cottage 


DEPARTMENT  OF  TEACHER  TRAINING 
Dr.  Edward  E.  Allen 
Lecturer,  Graduate  School  of  Education,  Harvard  University 
Dr.  Gabriel  Farrell  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Hayes 

Lecturer,  Graduate  School  of  Education  Consulting  Psychologist,  American 

Harvard  University  Foundation  for  the  Blind 

*  Employed  part  time.  t  Visually  handicapped.  +  Absent  1943-1944. 


LOWER  SCHOOL  STAFF 


PRIMARY 


Mhs.  Irene  M.  O'Connor,  A.B. 
Mrs.  Aline  McDowell 
Judith  Greenstein,  A.B. 


Mrs.  Jessie  W.  Mayshark 
Mrs.  Patricia  M.  Taylor,  A.B. 
Martha  L.  Winget,  B.F.A.f 


Feodore  M.  Nichols 
Evelyn  Kaufman,  A.B.f 
Betty  NyeI 
Barbara  Wiison 


KINDERGARTEN 


Susan  E.  Morse 
Elizabeth  Schantz,  A.B. 
Marguerite  L.  Manley 


SPECIAL  TEACHERS 


Eleanor  W.  Thayer,  A.B.,  Music 
Naomi  K.  Gring,  B.E.,  Music 
Paul  L.  Bauguss,*  Music 


Margaret  Miller,!  Librarian 
Florence  E.  Murphy,  B.S.,  Recreation 
Margaret  A.  McKenzie,!  Handicrafts 


HOUSE  MOTHERS 


Mrs.  May  A.  Roche,  Potter  Cottage 
Eva  L.  Jordan,  Assistant 
Mrs.  Janet  G.  Hancock,  Anagnos  Cottage 
Gladys  PoTHiER.f  Assistant 


Mrs.  Margaret  Luf,  Glover  Cottage 
Mrs.  Laura  B.  Eldridge,  Assistant 
Ethel  M.  Goodwin,  Bradlee  Cottage 
Rose  M.  Saladino,!  Assistant 


DEAF-BLIND  DEPARTMENT 


N.  Maurine  Nilsson,  A.B.,  M.A. 
Mollie  Cambridge,  A.B.f 
Rose  M.  De  Dominicis,  B.S. 
Joseph  E.  Jablonskej 


Verna  Arnold 
Helena  M.  DRAKEft 
Judith  G.  Silvester 


WORKSHOP  FOR  ADULTS 
Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager  Mrs.  Ida  Mae  Dean,  Clerk 


HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS 

Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager  Mary  L.  Tully,  Clerk 

John  P.  Eagan,  A.B.,t  Siereotyper 


'Employed  part  time. 


t  Visually  handicapped. 

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t  Absent  194S-1944. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION 


AUbright,  Clifford,  Weston 

Allen,  Edward  E.,  Cambridge 

Allen,  Mrs,  Edward  E.,  Cambridge 

Allen,  Hon.  Frank  G.,  Boston 

Allen,  Philip  R.,  Walpole 

Allen,  Mrs.  Philip  R.,  Walpole 

Alley,  Mrs.  Frederick  J.,  Boston 

Amory,  Robert,  Boston 

Amory,  Roger,  Boston 

Anderson,  Mrs.  Larz,  Brookline  _ 

Applt  ton,  Francis  Henry,  Brookline 

Appleton,  Mrs.  Francis  Henry,  Brookline 

Bacon,  Hon.  Gaspar  G.,  Dedham 

Ballantine,  Arthur  A.,  New  York 

Bancroft,  Miss  Eleanor  C,  Beverly 

Bartol,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Boston 

Barton,  George  Summer,  Worcester 

Bayne,  Mrs.  William,  3d,  Westwood 

Beach,  Rev.  David  N.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Bealley,  Prof.  Ralph,  Cambridge 

Bclash,  Constantine  A.,  Boston 

Bclash,  Mrs.  Constantine  A.,  Boston 

Bird,  Miss  Ann,  East  Walpole 

Bird,  Mrs.  Francis  W.,  East  Walpole 

Blake,  Fordyce  T.,  Worcester 

Boardman,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  Boston 

Boyden,  Charles,  Dedham 

Boyden,  Mrs.  Charles,  Dedham 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Arthur  H.,  Cambridge 

Brooks,  Gorham,  Boston 

Brooks,  Lawrence  G.,  West  Medford 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Lawrence  G.,  West  Medford 

Brown,  Mrs.  Charles  R.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Bullard,  Miss  Ellen  T.,  Boston 

Bullock,  Chandler,  Worcester 

Burr,  I.  Tucker,  Jr.,  Boston 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Peterboro,  N.  H. 

Camp,  Mrs.  Edward  C,  Watertown 

Carter,  Richard  B.,  West  Newton 

Carter,  Mrs.  Richard  B.,  West  Newton 

Case,  Hon.  Norman  S.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Case,  Mrs.  Norman  S.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Cassels,  Miss  Andree,  Boston 

Chase,  John  P.,  Boston 

Choate,  Robert  B.,  Boston 

Claus,  Henry  T.,  Wilmington.  Del. 

Clifford,  John  H.,  New  Bedford 

Coffin,  Mrs.  Rockwell  A.,  Harwichport 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  Algernon,  Boston 

Coolidgc,  William  A.,  Boston 

Cotting,  Charles  E.,  Boston 

Crapo,  Henry  H.,  New  Bedford 

Crowninshield,  Francis  B.,  Boston 

Cunningham,  Edward,  Dedham 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Edward,  Jr.,  Dedham 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Henry  V.,  Boston 

Curtis,  Charles  P.,  Jr.,  Boston 

Curtis,  James  F.,  Roslyn,  N.  Y. 

Curtis,  Louis,  Boston 

Curtis,  Richard  C,  Boston 

Cutler,  George  C,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Daley,  Mrs.  Francis  J.,  Somerville 

Danielson,  Richard  E.,  Boston 

Danielson,  Mrs.  Richard  E.,  Boston 

Day,  Mrs.  Frank  A.,  Newton 

Denny,  Dr.  George  P.,  Boston 

Dexter,  Miss  Harriett,  Boston 

Dolan,  William  G.,  Boston 

Dowd,  Mrs.  John  F.,  Roxbury 

Draper,  Eben  S.,  Hopedale 

Drury,  Thf-odore  F.,  Weston 

Dutton,  Mrs.  George  D.,  Walpole 

Eliot,  Amory,  Boston 

Eliot,  Rev.  Christopher  R.,  Cambridge 

Elliott,  Mrs.  Maud  Howe,  Newport,  R.  I. 

Emmons,  Mrs.  Robert  W.,  Boston 

Endicott,  Henry,  Boston 

Farrcll,  Gabriel,  Watertown 

Farrell,  Mrs.  Gabriel,  Watertown 

Faxon,  Henry  H.,  M.D.,  Brookline 


Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B.,  Boston 

Fay,  Mrs.  Henry  H.,  Boston 

Fenno,  Mrs.  L.  C,  Boston 

Fitz,  Reginald,  M.D.,  Brookline 

Ford,  Lawrence  A.,  Beverly 

Foster,  Mrs.  Reginald,  Boston 

Fox,  Miss  Edith  M.,  Arlington 

French,  Miss  M.  Eunice,  Providence,  R.  I.. 

Frothingham,  Mrs.  L.  A.,  North  Easton 

Fuller,  George  F.,  Worcester 

Gage,  Mrs.  Homer,  Worcester 

Gage,  Miss  Mabel  C,  Worcester 

Gale,  Lyman  W.,  Boston 

Gardiner,  John  H.,  Brookline 

Gardiner,  Robert  H.,  Brookline 

Gardner,  G.  Peabody,  Brookline 

Gaskill,  George  A.,  Worcester 

Gaskins,  Frederick  A.,  Milton 

Gaylord,  Emerson  C,  Chicopee 

Gilbert,  Carl  J.,  Needham 

Gilbert,  William  E.,  Springfield 

Gleason,  Mrs.  Cora  L.,  Watertown 

Gleason,  Miss  Ellen  H.,  Jamaica  Plain 

Gray,  Francis  C,  Boston 

Gray,  Roland,  Boston 

Greenough,  Mrs.  Henry  V.,  Brookline 

Greenough,  Malcolm  W.,  Boston 

Grew,  Edward  W.,  Boston 

Griswold,  Merrill,  Boston 

Guiidersen,  Dr.  Trygve,  Brookline 

Gundersen,  Mrs.  Trygve,  Brookline 

Hall,  Miss  Minna  B.,  Brookline 

Hallowell,  Richard  P.,  2d,  Boston 

Hallowell,  Robert  H.,  Dedham 

Hallowell,  Mrs.  Robert  H.,  Dedham 

Hallowell,  Robert  H.,  Jr.,  Dover 

Hallowell,  Mrs.  Robert  H.,  Jr.,  Dover 

Harris,  Rev.  John  U.,  Chestnut  Hill 

Hayden,  J.  Willard,  Boston 

Hayden,  Mrs.  J.  Willard,  Boston 

Hemenway,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Milton 

Herter,  Christian  A.,  Boston 

Higginson,  Francis  L.,  Boston 

Hill,  Alfred  S.,  Somerville 

Hill,  Arthur  D.,  Boston 

Hinds,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Boston 

Holmes,  Dr.  Henry  W.,  Cambridge 

Howard,  Mrs.  Hen'-y  S.,  Jr.,  Newport,  R.  I^ 

Howe,  James  C,  Milton 

Humbert,  Miss  W.  R.,  Boston 

Hunnewell,  Walter,  Boston 

Hunt,  James  R.,  Jr.,  Boston 

lasigi.  Miss  Marie  V.,  Boston 

Jackson,  Charles,  Jr.,  Boston 

Jackson,  Mrs.  James,  Westwood 

Jeffries,  J.  Amory,  Boston 

Johnson,  Arthur  S.,  Boston 

Kidder,  Mrs.  Alfred,  2d,  Cambridge 

Kidder,  Mrs.  Henry  P.,  Boston 

King,  Mrs.  James  G.  Camb-idpe 

King,  Mrs.  Tarrant  P.,  Meadville,  Penn. 

Lamb,  Mrs.  Horatio  A.,  Boston 

Lamb,  Miss  Rosamond,  Boston 

Latimer,  Mrs.  G.  D.,  Brookline 

Lawrence,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Brookline 

Lawrence,  Rev.  Frederic  C,  Brookline 

Lawrence,  John  S.,  Boston 

Lawrence,  Rt.  Rev.  W.  Appleton,  Springfield 

Leavitt,  Rev.  Ashley  D.,  Brookline 

Ley,  Harold  A.,  New  York 

Lincoln,  Mrs.  George  C,  Worcester 

Lothrop,  Mrs.  Mary  B.,  Boston 

Lovering,  Richard  S.,  Hoffman,  N.  C. 

Lovett,  Miss  Elf'anor  H.,  New  London,  N.  H, 

Lowell,  James  H.,  Boston 

Lowell,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston 

Lowell,  Ralph,  Boston 

Luce,  Hon.  Robert,  Waltham 

Lyman,  Mrs.  Arthur  T.,  Westwood 

Lyman,  Mrs.  Ronald  T.,  Boston 


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Lyne,  Daniel  J.,  Chestnut  Hill 
MacPhie,  Mrs.  Elmore  I.,  West  Newton 
Mason,  Mrs.  Charles  E.,  Brookline 
Mason,  Charles  E.,  Jr.,  Boston 
Mason,  Charles  P.,  Framingham 
Mayo-Smith,  Richmond,  Dedham 
McEhvain,  R.  Franklin,  Holyoke 
Merrill,  Rev.  Boynton,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Merrinian,  Mrs.  E.  Bruce,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Merriman,  Mrs.  Roger  B.,  Cambridge 
Minot,  James  J.,  Boston 
Monks,  Rev.  G.  Gardner,  Lenox 
Monks,  Mrs.  George  H.,  Boston 
Montagu,  Mrs.  H.  B.,  England 
Morison,  Samuel  Eliot,  Cambridge 
Motley,  Edward,  Concord 
Motley,  Mrs.  E.  Preble,  Boston 
Motley,  Warren,  Boston 
Myers,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Westwood 
Osgood,  Rev.  Phillips  E.,  Boston 
Parker,  Miss  Eleanor  S.,  Boston 
Parker,  William  A.,  Boston 
Parker,  W.  Stanley,  Boston 
Parkman,  Henry,  Jr.,  Boston 
Partridge,  Fred  F.,  Holyoke 
Peabody,  Rev.  Endicott,  Groton 
Peabody,  Harold,  Boston 
Perkins,  Mrs.  Charles  B.,  Jamaica  Plain 
Perkins,  Rev.  Palfrey,  Boston 
Pool,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  New  York  City 
Pratt,  George  D.,  Springfield 
Proctor,  James  H.,  Boston 
Prouty,  Robert  M.,  Hingham 
Prouty,  Mrs.  Robert  M.,  Hingham 
Putnam,  Mrs.  George  T.,  Dedham 
Rantoul,  Neal,  Boston 
Rice,  John  C,  Boston 
Richards,  Henry  H.,  Groton 
Richards,  John,  Concord,  N.  H. 
Richardson,  John,  Milton 
Richardson,  Mrs.  John,  Milton 
Robinson,  George  F.,  Watertown 
Rogers,  Mrs.  Robert  E.,  Cambridge 
Rogerson,  Francis  C,  Boston 
Saltonstall,  Hon.  Leverett,  Chestnut  Hill 
Saltonstall,  Mrs.  Leverett,  Chestnut  Hill 
Sargent,  Miss  Alice,  Brookline 
Sears,  Seth,  Brewster 


Shattuck,  Henry  L.,  Boston 

Shaw,  Mrs.  Carleton  A.,  Groton 

Sherrill,  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  K.,  Boston 

Sims,  Mrs.  William  S.,  Boston 

Slater,  Mrs.  H.  N.,  New  York 

Snow,  Mrs.  William  G.,  Newton  Centre 

Stafford,  Rev.  Russell  fi.,  Brookline 

Stinson,  Mrs.  James,  Worcester 

Sturgis,  R.  Clipston,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Stu'gij,  S.  Warren,  Boston 

Sulhvan,  Mrs.  James  A.,  Boston 

Swinerton,  Miss  Lenna  D.,  Centre  Harbor,  N.  H. 

Thayer,  John  E.,  Milton 

Theopold,  Philip  H.,  Dedham 

Thomas,  Mrs.  John  B.,  Boston 

Thorndike,  Albert,  Milton 

Thorndike,  Benjamin  A.  G.,  Dedham 

Thorndike,  Miss  Rosanna  D.,  Boston 

Tifft,  Eliphalet  T.,  Springfield 

Tilden,  Miss  Alice  F.,  Boston 

Tilden,  Miss  Edith  S.,  Boston 

Todd,  Francis  B.,  New  York 

Tufts,  John  F.,  Watertown 

Underwood,  Herbert  S.,  Winchester 

Van  Norden,  Mrs.  Grace  C,  Pittsfield 

Vaughan,  Miss  Bertha  H.,  Cambridge 

Vaughan,  Miss  Margaret  I.,  Haddonfield,  N.  J. 

Wadsworth,  Eliot,  Boston 

Warren,  Bentley  W.,  Boston 

Washburn,  Mrs.  Frederick  A.,  Boston 

Washburn,  Rev.  Henry  B.,  Cambridge 

Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  A.,  Boston 

Wendell,  William  G.,  West  Hartford,  Conn. 

Wheelock,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston 

White,  Miss  Eliza  Orne,  Brookline 

Whittall,  Matthew  P.,  Worcester 

Wiggins,  Charles,  2d,  Dedham 

Wiggins,  Mrs.  Charles,  2d,  Dedham 

Wiggins,  John,  Wa-wa,  Penn. 

Wiggins,  Mrs.  John,  Wa-wa,  Penn. 

Wilder,  Charles  P.,  Worcester 

Winsor,  Robert,  Boston 

Wolcott,  Roger,  Boston 

Wright.  George  R.,  Sharon 

Wright,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston 

Young,  Mrs.  Benjamin  L.,  Boston 

Young,  B.  Loring,  Weston 

Zeilinski,  John,  Holyoke 


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SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING 
OF  THE  CORPORATION 

Watertown,  November  1,  1943. 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation,  duly  summoned,  was 
held  today  at  the  Institution,  and  was  called  to  order  by  the  President, 
Mr.  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  at  3  p.m. 

The  Proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  annual  report  of  the  Trustees  was  presented  and  ordered  to 
be  printed. 

The  annual  report  of  the  Director  was  presented  and  ordered  to 
be  printed. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  was  presented,  accepted,  and  ordered 
to  be  printed,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  Certified  Public 
Accountant. 

Voted,  That  acts  and  expenditures,  made  and  authorized  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  or  by  any  committee  appointed  by  said  Board  of 
Trustees,  during  the  last  corporate  year,  be  and  are  hereby  ratified 
and  confirmed. 

On  the  nomination  of  the  Finance  Committee,  the  appointment 
by  the  Trustees  of  John  Montgomery,  Certified  Public  Accountant, 
as  auditor  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institution  was  confirmed. 

The  Corporation  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year,  and  the  following  persons  were  unanimously  elected 
by  ballot :  President,  Robert  H.  Hallowell;  Vice-President,  G.  Peabody 
Gardner;  Treasurer,  Roger  Amory;  Secretary,  Gabriel  Farrell;  Trus- 
tees, John  P.  Chase,  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson,  Mrs.  Homer  Gage, 
G.  Peabody  Gardner,  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  Henry  W.  Holmes,  Ralph 
Lowell,  and  Warren  Motley. 

The  following  were  elected  members  of  the  Corporation:  Mrs. 
James  Gore  King,  Mr.  S.  Warren  Sturgis. 

The  meeting  was  then  dissolved. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Gabriel  Farrell,  Secretary. 

Following  the  Corporation  meeting,  at  four  o'clock,  the  stained 
glass  window  in  the  Chapel  in  memory  of  Gen.  Francis  Henry  Appleton 
and  his  wife,  Fanny  Tappan  Appleton,  was  unveiled.  Nathalie  Hub- 
bard, great-granddaughter  of  General  and  Mrs.  Appleton,  drew  the 
cord  which  pulled  back  the  curtain,  revealing  the  window.  Just 
before  this  was  done,  Mr.  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  president  of  the  Cor- 
poration and  successor  in  that  office  to  General  Appleton,  made  an 

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address  telling  of  his  associations  with  and  memories  of  General 
Appleton,  his  great  attachment  and  devotion  to  the  school,  and 
expressing  the  suitableness  of  this  memorial  and  the  appreciation  of 
the  Corporation  to  Mr.  F.  H.  Appleton,  Jr.,  son  of  General  Appleton 
and  donor  of  the  window. 

The  Annual  Report  of  1941  contained  an  account  of  the  gift  of 
this  window  and  the  plans  made  for  its  execution  at  the  studio  of  Mr. 
Charles  J.  Connick.  The  window  was  to  have  been  installed  during 
the  Christmas  vacation,  1941,  but  because  of  the  outbreak  of  war  it 
was  decided  not  to  have  the  installation  until  a  time  when  the  possi- 
bility of  war  damage  to  it  was  less  than  what  seemed  apparent  at 
that  time.  After  careful  consideration  it  was  decided  that  the  time 
was  now  opportune  for  the  installation,  and  the  unveiling  was  planned 
for  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation  over  which  General 
Appleton  presided  for  thirty-two  years. 

The  following  description  of  the  window,  written  by  Mr. 
Connick,  may  help  those  who  have  not  seen  it  to  have  some  appre- 
ciation of  its  appropriateness  and  loveliness. 

"This  window  is  conceived  as  a  great  colorful  symbol  of  Christ 
the  Light  of  the  World.  The  dominating  central  figure  represents 
Our  Lord  clothed  in  garments  of  white  and  ruby  —  ancient  color 
symbols  of  purity  and  divine  love  —  with  golden  accents  suggesting 
heavenly  riches.   He  holds  before  Him  the  Light  of  Truth. 

"The  medallion  at  His  right  symbolizes  the  Healing  of  the  Blind 
and  is  especially  related  to  the  incident  when  Jesus  restored  the  sight 
of  the  man  born  blind,  as  recorded  in  the  ninth  chapter  of  the  Gospel 
of  Saint  John.  The  opposite  medallion  is  a  symbol  of  the  Good 
Samaritan  —  the  significant  type  of  Christ,  the  friend  and  helper  of 
all  men. 

"Below  the  central  figure  of  Christ,  a  small  symbol  suggests  the 
Sower,  the  parable  of  Truth  —  accepted  and  rejected.  Balancing 
small  medallions  in  the  side  panels  are  symbols  related  to  those  in 
whose  memory  the  window  is  placed.  Suggestions  of  farming  and 
agriculture  recall  their  interest  and  notable  contributions  in  these 
activities." 

Across  the  base  of  the  panels  is  the  memorial  inscription: 

In  Memory  of  President  of  the  Corporation  and  his  wife 

Francis  Henry  Appleton  1898  -  1930  Fannt  Tappan  Appleton 


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REPORT  OF  THE  TRUSTEES 

November  1,  1943. 

ON  BEHALF  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  I  submit  herewith  a 
brief  report  for  the  year  ending  August  31,  1943,  and  a  few 
observations  and  facts  pertaining  to  the  opening  months  of  this  year's 
school  term.  The  impact  of  two  years  of  war  has  had  a  profound 
effect  on  every  walk  of  life,  and  schools  and  colleges  have  had  to 
adjust  their  operations  to  the  changed  and  ever-changing  conditions 
that  the  war  necessitates.   Perkins  is  no  exception. 

In  the  report  of  a  year  ago  we  called  your  attention  to  the 
decrease  in  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at  the  school,  the  number 
then  being  two  hundred  and  forty -nine,  far  below  what  we  would 
have  considered  normal  five  or  ten  years  ago.  As  the  year  progressed 
this  number  decreased  slightly  and  at  the  opening  of  school  in 
September  1943  our  enrollment  was  two  hundred  and  thirty -four,  a 
niunber  smaller  than  at  any  time  during  the  past  twenty-five  years. 

At  first  glance  this  might  be  considered  a  happy  omen,  as  it 
would  lead  one  to  believe  that  blindness  was  less  prevalent  than  in 
the  past.  It  is  true  that  medical  science  is  steadily  progressing  and 
that  the  vision  of  some  children,  particularly  in  their  infancy,  is  now 
preserved,  whereas  years  ago  it  would  have  been  impossible  to  effect 
the  cures  that  are  now  commonly  practiced.  The  enrollment  in  the 
lower  school  and  kindergarten  has  not  materially  changed;  the 
decrease  almost  wholly  appears  in  the  upper  school,  and  this  is 
directly  attributable  to  the  war.  The  acute  shortage  of  labor  has 
brought  about  a  situation  that  in  pre-war  years  we  would  have 
thought  to  be  fantastic.  The  services  of  intelligent,  able-bodied,  visu- 
ally handicapped  people  are  now  in  demand.  Nineteen  of  our  pupils 
left  school  before  the  end  of  the  term  to  enter  some  gainful  occupa- 
tion. Moreover,  an  additional  five  boys  and  five  girls  who  normally 
would  have  returned  to  school  this  September  did  not  do  so  as  they 
preferred  to  continue  in  jobs  secured  during  the  summer  vacation. 

The  inability  to  find  work  for  our  graduates  has  long  been  a 
matter  of  great  concern  to  your  Trustees,  as  it  has  seemed  so  unfair 
to  the  individual  and  so  wasteful  to  educate  blind  boys  and  girls  and 
turn  them  out  into  a  world  where  there  were  so  few  opportunities  for 
employment.  The  war  has  completely  changed  all  this,  and  we  never 
thought  the  day  would  come  when  the  demand  for  work  would  be  so 

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great  as  to  deplete  our  classrooms.  We  must  not,  however,  relax  with 
a  feeling  of  complacency  that  the  employment  problem  is  solved. 

The  decrease  in  the  number  of  pupils  necessarily  creates  a  finan- 
cial problem.  At  the  time  of  writing  this  report  our  enrollment  is 
thirty -five  less  than  was  normal  ten  years  ago.  The  states  from  which 
the  children  come  pay  us  six  hundred  dollars  for  the  board  and  tuition 
of  each  pupil,  a  sum  which  is  less  than  one-half  of  the  total  cost,  the 
remainder  coming  from  the  income  from  our  invested  fund.  Thirty- 
five  vacant  desks  represent  a  loss  in  tuition  of  twenty-one  thousand 
dollars  and  only  a  small  portion  of  this  amount  can  be  saved  by 
reduced  expenses. 

Our  financial  condition  is  absolutely  sound  due  to  the  generous 
friends  of  the  past  who  have  given  to  our  endowment  fund,  but  it  is 
a  distressing  fact  that  the  rate  of  income  from  safe  investments  con- 
tinues, as  in  the  past  several  years,  to  decline.  Once  again  we  repeat 
the  earnest  hope  that  many  people  will  remember  Perkins  in  their 
wills  so  that  the  education  of  the  blind  in  New  England  will  not  lose 
its  leadership  through  lack  of  financial  support. 

Our  buildings  and  groimds  at  Watertown  are  in  good  condition, 
but  on  account  of  government  restrictions,  only  necessary  items  of 
repairs  and  maintenance  are  allowed.  We  received  permission,  how- 
ever, to  purchase  a  Hold-Freeze  unit,  which  has  been  installed  and 
is  working  efficiently.  Six  hundred  pounds  of  frozen  vegetables  and 
fruits  have  been  purchased  and  are  in  storage.  Meats  up  to  a  sixty- 
day  supply  can  be  stored  in  the  refrigerator  when  they  can  be  advan- 
tageously bought. 

Once  again  we  were  happy  to  offer  four  cottages  in  the  Girls* 
Close  for  summer  use  to  the  Children's  Island  Sanitarium,  which 
was  once  more  unable,  as  a  consequence  of  the  war,  to  occupy  their 
buildings  on  an  island  in  Marblehead  harbor.  The  offer  was  accepted 
and  some  sixty  convalescent  children  spent  the  summer  months  at 
Watertown. 

We  report  with  deep  regret  the  death  of  the  following  members 
of  the  Corporation:  Mr.  Arthur  Adams,  Mr.  Karl  Adams,  Rev. 
Edward  C.  Camp,  Mr.  Robert  H.  Gross,  Miss  Lydia  Y.  Hayes,  Mr. 
Louis  E.  Kirstein,  Dr.  A.  Lawrence  Lowell,  Mrs.  Charles  T.  Lovering, 
Rev.  George  P.  O'Conor,  Judge  F.  Delano  Putnam  and  Mrs.  Henry 
Richards. 

Respectfully  submitted  for  the  Trustees, 

Robert  H.  Hallowell,  President. 

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REPORT  OF  THE  DIRECTOR 

November  1,  1943. 

REVIEWING  the  year,  which,  according  to  our  calendar,  closed 
on  August  31,  the  outstanding  impression  is  that  it  was  a  so 
much  better  year  than  we  had  anticipated  that  we  have  every  reason 
to  be  grateful  and  little  reason  to  grumble.  We  were  warm  enough 
all  winter,  due  to  a  good  supply  of  coal  laid  in  in  advance,  and  we 
had  plenty  to  eat,  even  though  somewhat  restricted  in  variety.  Our 
staff,  in  large  measure,  stood  by;  a  few  left  for  other  work,  but  others 
were  always  willing  to  step  in  to  take  up  the  slack.  The  school  and 
our  other  activities  "carried  on"  during  this  year  of  war  in  the  best 
sense  of  that  expression.  Our  pupils  and  other  beneficiaries  received 
their  full  measure  of  attention,  and  those  whose  responsibility  it  is 
to  administer  the  work  are  grateful  for  the  support  we  have  had. 

Events  of  the  year  moved  on  with  almost  usual  routine.  Many 
social  events,  such  as  the  reception  at  the  Director's  Cottage  and 
the  annual  staff  parties,  were  omitted.  Some  of  the  pupils'  activities, 
picnics  and  special  trips,  were  curtailed.  But  the  essential  activities 
continued,  and  there  was  no  curtailment  in  our  school  program  and 
no  abatement  in  services  which  we  render,  such  as  the  sending  out  of 
embossed  and  talking  book  records  by  the  library  to  the  adult  blind 
of  New  England  and  the  distribution  of  appliances  made  for  the  blind 
by  the  Howe  Memorial  Press,  which,  in  more  normal  times,  were 
distributed  throughout  the  world. 

Reading  for  Adult  Blind 
Perhaps  no  service  that  Perkins  renders  has  a  more  far-reaching 
effect  than  the  distribution  of  reading  matter  for  the  adult  blind. 
This  service  is  carried  on  over  and  above  the  service  which  the  library 
renders  to  the  school.  In  this  service  to  the  adult  blind  Perkins  is  one 
of  the  twenty-six  regional  libraries  which  receive  books,  embossed  in 
the  five  printing  establishments  for  the  blind  in  the  country  —  one 
of  which  is  our  own  Howe  Memorial  Press  —  for  the  Library  of 
Congress  and  then  distributed  to  the  regional  libraries.  For  this 
service  we  have  in  the  library  7,013  volumes  of  moon  type,  34,657 
volumes  in  braille,  and  4,912  volumes  of  talking  book  records.  All 
of  this  reading  matter  is  distributed  without  cost,  as  the  Federal 
Government  allows  free  distribution  through  the  mail.    Our  group, 

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which  covers  all  New  England,  except  Connecticut,  which  is  serviced 
by  New  York,  is  made  up  of  a  grateful  clientele  because  of  the  effec- 
tive way  in  which  we  provide  this  reading  matter.  To  be  assured  of 
good  reading  matter  is  one  of  the  greatest  blessings  that  the  blind 
have. 

Another  service  of  Perkins  which  is  far-reaching  in  its  influence 
is  the  Howe  Memorial  Press.  This  was  founded  in  1880  by  Michael 
Anagnos,  the  second  Director,  in  memory  of  Samuel  Gridley  Howe, 
the  first  Director,  at  a  time  when  reading  matter  for  the  blind  was 
difficult  to  secure  and  appliances  for  the  education  of  the  blind  were 
practically  unknown.  Through  the  years  it  has  continued  to  be  an 
important  factor  in  this  special  field.  In  addition  to  embossing  braille 
books  for  the  Library  of  Congress  and  for  use  at  Perkins,  it  has  for 
many  years  pioneered  in  the  manufacturing  of  appliances.  For  a 
number  of  years  Perkins  produced  a  braillewriter,  a  machine  some- 
what similar  in  purpose  to  a  typewriter,  whereby,  through  the  press- 
ing of  keys,  braille  can  be  embossed  on  paper  with  great  rapidity. 
At  the  present  time  we  are  not  manufacturing  braillewriters  because 
these  machines  require  materials  which  are  difficult  to  secure  and, 
also,  because  we  are  experimenting  with  an  entirely  new  form  of 
writing  machine,  which  we  hope  to  put  on  the  market  as  soon  as 
materials  for  its  manufacture  are  available.  Another  machine  which 
we  have  made,  and  which  we  make  exclusively  in  this  country,  is  the 
braille  shorthand  machine,  used  by  blind  secretaries  who  work  for 
men  who  prefer  to  dictate  directly,  rather  than  through  a  dictating 
machine.  Training  in  the  use  of  this  machine,  as  well  as  in  braille 
shorthand,  is  given  at  Perkins,  and  we  have  been  able  to  place  a 
number  of  our  graduates  in  office  positions. 

Games  for  the  Blind 

The  outstanding  form  of  service  which  the  Howe  Memorial  Press 
renders  is  in  the  manufacturing  of  games,  made  by  the  Press  exclu- 
sively, for  this  country.  Checkers,  chess,  dominoes,  anagrams,  play- 
ing cards,  and  other  forms  of  amusement  which  have  been  adapted 
for  the  use  of  the  blind  are  made  by  the  Press  and  sold  throughout 
the  country.  The  Press  is  so  endowed  that  it  is  able  to  produce  a 
large  quantity  of  these  products  and  make  them  available  to  the  blind 
at  below  cost.  A  larger  endowment  would  enable  it  to  extend  its 
services.  The  Howe  Memorial  Press  shares  with  the  Workshop  the 
Industrial  Building  at  South  Boston,  erected  in  1929. 

While  speaking  about  outside  activities,  we  might  well  make  a 
report  at  this  time  on  the  Workshop.    The  Workshop,  started  to 

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demonstrate  that  blind  people  could  be  employed  and  that  their 
products  should  be  commercially  acceptable,  has  been  functioning 
for  over  one  hundred  years.  During  most  of  this  time  it  has  concen- 
trated on  the  making  and  remaking  of  hair  mattresses  and  the  caning 
of  chairs.  The  mattress  work  has  been  somewhat  curtailed  because 
some  materials,  such  as  steel  innersprings,  are  not  now  available. 
We  have,  however,  a  large  amount  of  hair  bought  in  advance,  and 
the  mattressmakers  can  still  find  work,  done  at  piece  rates.  The 
earnings  of  the  men  are,  therefore,  dependent  upon  the  amount  of 
business  that  we  secure.  In  addition  to  the  individual  trade  —  mat- 
tresses coming  from  homes  —  we  do  quite  a  large  business  through 
institutions.  Most  of  this  work  now  comes  from  public  institutions 
through  the  Massachusetts  Division  of  the  Blind.  We  have,  however, 
serviced  mattresses  for  the  Boston  City  Hospital  for  about  fifty  years, 
and  we  have  done  the  mattresses  for  the  Boston  Fire  Department,  as 
well  as  for  a  number  of  local  schools.  Nineteen  blind  workers  were 
employed  at  the  Workshop  last  year,  receiving  $16,970  in  wages  and 
doing  work  representing  a  value  of  over  $50,000.  To  this  record  of 
professional  work  we  might  add  that  Perkins'  trained  piano  tuners 
have  serviced  the  pianos  of  the  Boston  public  schools  for  sixty-six 
years. 

The  School  Program 

Returning  to  our  school  program,  it  is  our  primary  function  to 
provide  educational  opportunities  for  the  visually  handicapped  boys 
and  girls  of  New  England  from  kindergarten  through  high  school. 
This  range  of  instruction  has  been  well  covered  this  year  and  there 
has  been  appropriate  activity  within  each  grade.  We  have  continued 
on  the  plan,  announced  last  year,  whereby  we  have  six  years  in  the 
Lower  School,  following  kindergarten,  and  then  transfer  the  pupils 
to  the  Upper  School,  where  the  Junior  High  School  operates  on 
a  four-year  cycle  and  the  Senior  High  School  on  a  three-year  cycle. 
Last  year  we  had  planned  to  extend  the  Senior  High  School  to  a  four- 
year  program,  but,  due  to  the  spirit  of  acceleration  in  educational 
circles,  we  did  not  make  that  extension.  This  extension  also  seemed 
impractical  because,  due  to  the  larger  opportunities  for  work,  the 
number  of  pupils  in  the  Upper  School  decreased  toward  the  close  of 
the  year.  Now  that  the  year  is  over,  our  concern  is  in  anticipation 
of  the  coming  year.  A  large  number  of  new  pupils  have  entered  the 
lower  grades,  and  it  is  expected  that  the  Lower  School  will  be  filled 
practically  to  capacity,  while  the  Upper  School  will  have  many  empty 
desks.  This,  of  course,  is  consistent  with  the  experience  of  all  schools 
at  the  present  time  and  must  be  taken  as  one  of  the  casualties  of 

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war.  Although  Government  oflBcers  are  urging  that  young  people 
complete  their  schooling,  the  lure  of  war  employment  outweighs  the 
opportunity  of  learning  in  the  opinion  of  many,  both  parents  and 
children,  and  Perkins  must  expect  to  share  in  this  diminishing  of 
pupils  in  the  upper  grades. 

Classes  opened  on  the  schedules  prepared  by  Mr.  Andrews  before 
his  departure  to  be  the  Superintendent  of  the  Maryland  School  for 
the  Blind.  Mr.  Sherman,  who  took  over  the  duties  as  Principal  of 
Perkins,  carried  on  the  schedules  at  the  outset  of  the  year,  making 
during  the  year  such  changes  as  seemed  consistent  with  the  situa- 
tions that  arose  and  with  some  new  ideas  that  he  wanted  to  try. 
One  of  the  interesting  minor  changes  was  the  giving  up  of  the  former 
lunches  or  "snacks"  served  to  the  pupils  in  the  Upper  School  during 
the  morning  recess  and  substituting  for  them  setting-up  exercises  in 
the  quadrangles  outside  the  boys'  and  girls'  schools.  As  the  year 
went  on,  this  opportunity  for  a  little  fresh  air  and  exercise  seemed  to 
be  reflected  in  the  improved  health  of  the  children.  The  omitting 
of  the  lunches  improved  appetites  for  dinner  and  helped  in  the 
problems  of  restricted  food. 

Emphasis  on  the  Practical 

A  major  change,  perhaps  more  in  attitude  than  in  schedules,  was 
the  increasing  interest  in  practical  training.  With  opportunities  for 
employment  more  promising  than  ever  before  the  pupils  wanted  to 
be  trained  in  practical  ways  to  take  advantage  of  them.  One  new 
form  of  special  training  came  through  a  cooperative  plan  with  the 
Newton  Trade  School,  which  operated  a  special  class  under  Federal 
support  and  direction  for  training  workers  in  some  of  the  machine 
industries  hereabouts.  In  the  spring  five  of  our  boys  were  assigned 
to  attend  this  class.  Here  they  received  practical  instruction  on 
lathes,  drills,  and  other  modern  forms  of  industrial  equipment.  The 
practicality  of  this  training  is  attested  by  the  fact  that  three  of  the 
five  boys  received  well-paying  positions,  one  earning  up  to  fifty 
dollars  a  week  and  making  a  record  as  the  fastest  employee  in  his 
shop  in  spot  welding.  Of  the  two  other  boys,  one  has  returned  to 
Perkins  to  complete  his  schooling,  while  the  other  was  prevented 
from  carrying  on  his  work  because  of  poor  health. 

Another  form  of  practical  training  conducted  this  year  was  the 
assignment  of  three  boys  to  the  Barnes  School,  Henniker,  New 
Hampshire.  This  school,  a  farm  school  for  the  blind,  is  maintained 
by  the  New  Hampshire  Association  for  the  Blind  and  gives  practical 
instruction  in  farming  and  poultry  raising  on  a  large  farm  owned  by 

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the  Association.  This  step  was  taken  partly  because  we  did  not  have 
the  time  for  constructive  poultry  raising,  but  chiefly  to  see  if  the 
pupils  who  desire  this  training  may  not  gain  better  instruction  by 
actually  living  on  a  farm  and  participating  in  its  work. 

The  increased  interest  in  practical  training  helped  to  stimulate 
the  work  of  the  Manual  Training  Department,  and  steps  were  taken 
to  reorganize  that  work  on  a  more  practical  basis,  offering  programs 
of  training  leading  to  more  skilled  occupations.  The  teacher  of 
auto  mechanics  had  a  small  group  to  train  in  the  general  care  of  cars, 
as  well  as  their  operation.  Additional  stress  was  placed  upon  wood- 
working, and  a  number  of  articles  were  made  by  the  pupils.  On  the 
girls'  side  the  weaving  program  w#is  considerably  increased  through 
the  opportunity  for  the  sale  of  such  articles  as  ski  belts  and  scarfs. 
The  old  traditional  trades  of  chair-caning  and  basketry  were  cur- 
tailed because  of  the  difficulty  in  securing  the  necessary  materials. 

Benefits  of  Music 

While  the  work  of  the  Music  Department  may  not  be  considered 
practical  in  the  eyes  of  some,  the  intensive  and  regular  training  of 
the  chorus,  which  constitutes  most  of  the  Upper  School,  has  worth- 
while and  lasting  benefits.  It  fosters  good  ensemble  or  teamwork, 
develops  poise,  good  posture,  and  deep  breathing,  encourages  better 
diction  both  in  singing  and  speaking,  and  it  promotes  the  apprecia- 
tion of  good  music  and  text.  Also,  it  is  the  activity  that  is  remembered 
with  the  greatest  pleasure  by  those  who  have  gone  out  from  the 
school.  Each  morning  the  chorus  sings  at  the  school  assembly,  and 
that  in  itself  is  an  inspiration  to  all  who  attend. 

The  chorus  received  national  recognition  when,  at  the  request 
of  the  Coordinator  of  Inter-American  Affairs,  recordings  were  made 
of  four  selections  to  be  included  in  an  album  of  records  of  leading 
choirs  and  glee  clubs  throughout  the  country  to  be  distributed  in 
South  America  as  part  of  the  Good  Neighbor  Policy. 

One  of  the  unusual  benefits  to  students  in  the  Music  Department 
at  Perkins  is  the  privilege  of  attending  concerts  by  well-known 
artists  and  organizations  through  the  income  of  the  Oliver  Fund, 
which  is  designated  to  purchase  tickets  for  these  events.  In  addition 
to  attending  concerts  of  this  kind,  there  were  held  at  the  school  five 
pupils'  recitals  and  one  faculty  recital.  At  the  present  time,  two 
pupils  of  the  school  are  attending  the  New  England  Conservatory  of 
Music.  John  Di  Francesco  has  one  more  year  before  being  graduated 
as  a  voice  pupil.  In  June,  Anthony  Cirella  completed  the  Certificate 
Course  and  embarked  upon  two  more  years  of  instruction  for  the 

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Diploma  Course.  At  the  time  of  the  completion  of  his  course  in  June, 
Anthony  was  graduated  with  the  highest  honors  and  won  the  Philip 
R.  Allen  Prize  for  composition. 

Another  department  somewhat  related  to  music,  although  not 
associated  with  it,  is  the  Department  of  Speech  Correction.  For 
many  years  Perkins  has  employed  two  specialists  in  this  field.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  year  they  give  routine  speech  tests  to  all  new 
pupils.  Of  the  forty-four  new  pupils  admitted  this  year  twenty-five 
were  found  to  be  suffering  from  major  or  minor  speech  disorders. 
Several  of  the  dysphemia  cases  in  the  Lower  School  were  so  severe 
that  their  speech  was  practically  unintelligible.  The  total  number  of 
pupils  in  both  the  Lower  School  and  Upper  School  having  speech 
correction  work  was  one  hundred  and  eighteen.  In  addition  to  the 
many  hours  of  scheduled  individual  instruction  devoted  to  corrective 
speech,  small  groups  for  specific  correction  were  organized  into  three 
verse-speaking  choirs  in  the  Lower  School.  Choric  speech  is  one  of 
the  most  useful  forms  of  speech  activity,  and  the  pupils  gained  both 
from  the  correctional  point  of  view  and  from  the  pleasure  which  they 
derived  from  participating  in  the  speaking  choirs.  One  of  the  older 
boys  was  assisted  by  this  department  to  carry  on  a  weekly  program 
over  a  radio  station  in  his  home  city. 

Children  of  the  Silent  Night 

There  may  be  a  certain  logical  sequence  in  coming  now  to  the 
report  of  the  Deaf-Blind  Department,  where  the  building  of  speech 
is  the  essential  task.  As  has  been  reported  many  times,  this  depart- 
ment has  demonstrated  unique  ability  in  developing  speech  among 
children  who,  because  of  lack  of  hearing,  are  mute.  This  speech  work, 
along  with  academic  instruction,  was  carried  on  during  the  year  with 
twelve  pupils.  The  stafip  was  made  up  of  five  teachers  and  five  attend- 
ants. Miss  Inis  B.  Hall,  for  several  years  head  of  the  Deaf-Blind 
Department,  was  away  on  a  year's  leave  of  absence,  living  at  her 
home  in  Colorado.  During  Miss  Hall's  absence  the  direction  of  the 
department  was  taken  over  by  Miss  Maurine  Nilsson.  Miss  Nilsson, 
a  teacher  here  for  seven  years,  previously  took  the  teacher-training 
course  at  the  Clarke  School  for  the  Deaf  in  Northampton  and  the 
Perkins  Harvard  Course  for  the  training  of  teachers  of  the  blind. 
Toward  the  close  of  the  year  Robert  Brownawell,  at  the  request  of 
his  family,  was  withdrawn  because  of  extended  illness,  and  at  the 
end  of  the  year  Barbara  Davis,  Memphis,  Tennessee,  was  discharged, 
having  seemed  to  reach  the  limit  of  her  ability. 

This  year  an  attempt  was  made  to  lay  the  groundwork  for  some 


scientific  research,  anticipating  in  the  near  future  some  educational 
measurements  for  the  deaf -blind.  The  department  has  not  had 
enough  comparable  children  over  a  period  of  years  to  begin  any  defi- 
nite study,  but  under  Dr.  Hayes'  direction  several  achievement  tests 
were  given  to  Leonard  Dowdy.  Due  to  Leonard's  lack  of  language 
and  experience,  they  were  very  incomplete,  but  we  hope  for  more 
progress  during  the  coming  year  in  this  field. 

Late  in  November  the  annual  appeal  for  the  support  of  the 
work  of  the  Deaf -Blind  Department,  our  Children  of  the  Silent  Night, 
was  sent  to  people  throughout  the  country.  This  is  the  only  financial 
appeal  that  Perkins  makes  to  the  public,  and  this  is  done  because 
children  are  received  in  this  department  from  all  over  the  country, 
which,  we  feel,  justifies  national  support.  During  the  past  year  the 
department  had  children  from  Colorado,  Massachusetts,  Minnesota, 
Missouri,  New  Hampshire,  New  Jersey,  and  Pennsylvania.  An  eight- 
year  old  girl  from  Wisconsin  has  been  accepted  for  admission  for  the 
coming  year,  and  we  have  applications  on  file  for  pupils  from  Cali- 
fornia, Kansas,  Virginia,  and  Michigan.  Considering  the  many 
appeals  for  the  war  effort,  it  is  gratifying  to  have  had  such  a  generous 
response  to  the  appeal  for  the  deaf-blind.  We  received  a  smaller 
number  of  contributions  than  the  year  before  but  a  larger  amount 
of  money.  During  the  year  825  contributions  were  received  from 
35  states,  Hawaii,  Canal  Zone,  and  Mexico,  totalling  $8,295.77. 

The  Department  of  Physical  Education,  which  carries  on  its 
routine  work  of  gymnasium  classes  and  outdoor  games,  this  year 
stressed  two  special  fields.  Wrestling  has  developed  into  a  major 
sport,  and  a  well-trained  team  from  Perkins  competed  this  year  with 
several  high  schools,  as  well  as  private  schools,  including  Browne  and 
Nichols,  Cambridge,  where  our  team  won  two  meets,  and  Andover 
Academy,  where  it  was  defeated.  Swimming  was  given  considerable 
consideration  as  a  part  of  the  Water  Safety  Campaign  of  the  American 
Red  Cross.  A  representative  of  the  American  Red  Cross  came  from 
Boston  to  Perkins  every  week  from  March  through  May,  giving 
instruction  in  swimming  and  diving  to  Upper  School  boys  and  girls. 
Of  the  forty-two  girls  who  took  the  course  fifteen  qualified  as  begin- 
ners, six  as  intermediates,  three  as  swimmers,  and  one  as  advanced 
swimmer.  Of  the  thirty-two  boys  eighteen  qualified  as  beginners, 
five  as  intermediates,  and  one  received  the  Senior  Certificate  for  Life- 
Saving.  No  track  meets  were  held  with  other  schools  because  of  the 
curtailment  of  travel. 


The  Visual  Aid  Room 
In  last  year's  report  reference  was  made  to  the  apparently 
increasing  number  of  pupils  in  the  upper  brackets  of  the  amount  of 
vision  permitted  for  admission  to  Perkins  and  the  changing  attitude 
on  the  part  of  ophthalmologists  about  the  use  of  remaining  sight. 
These  factors  have  led  to  consideration  of  means  whereby  the  vision 
of  such  children  could  be  utilized  in  their  educational  program.  A 
group  of  children,  certified  by  the  ophthalmologist  as  qualified  for 
visual  aid,  was  formed  within  the  primary  grades.  A  room  in  the 
schoolhouse  of  the  Primary  Department  was  equipped  with  lights  of 
high  intensity,  the  walls  were  finished  with  a  non-reflecting  paint, 
and  the  necessary  equipment,  usually  found  in  a  sight  conservation 
classroom  was  installed.  This  work  was  inaugurated  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Miss  Dorothy  Misback  who  had  taken  a  course  in  sight- 
saving  methods  during  the  previous  summer.  While  it  is  too  early 
to  report  definitely  on  the  accomplishments  of  a  small  portion  of  the 
year,  there  is  every  indication  that  this  experiment  is  headed  in  the 
right  direction  and  that  these  boys  and  girls  are  being  greatly  helped 
through  the  use  of  the  sight  which  they  have.  It  must  be  understood, 
however,  that  these  are  not  classes  for  children  who  fall  within  the 
sight-saving  range  of  vision,  which  is  usually  interpreted  as  being 
between  20/200  and  20/70  on  the  recognized  eye  chart.  Our  children 
undertaking  visual  instruction  are  those  whose  vision  is  20/200,  the 
maximum  vision  for  admission  to  this  school,  but  who  have  enough 
sight  to  be  used  in  their  educational  program.  There  is  need  for 
scientific  research  in  this  field  and,  also,  for  more  adequate  provision 
for  textbooks  in  large  type. 

A  Study  of  Vision 
In  order  to  be  sure  that  we  are  right  in  the  trend  which  led  to 
the  formation  of  the  Visual  Aid  Class,  Dr.  Hayes,  of  the  Department 
of  Personnel  and  Research,  made  an  extensive  study  of  the  amount 
of  vision  (as  well  as  the  measure  of  intelligence  by  the  standard  tests) 
of  new  pupils  entering  Perkins  during  the  past  ten  years.  These  find- 
ings are  illustrated  in  the  charts  printed  as  part  of  this  report.  They 
bear  out  the  statement  of  a  year  ago  that  there  seems  to  be  an  increase 
in  the  number  of  children  approaching  maximum  vision,  but  they 
also  reveal  that  in  recent  years  we  have  received,  especially  in  the 
lower  grades,  a  larger  number  of  totally  blind  children  than  formerly. 
Throughout  the  ten  years,  however,  the  variations  are  so  wide  that 
it  is  difficult  to  discover  any  decisive  trend,  although  a  summary  of 
the  new  admissions  for  ten  years  shows  that  the  average  of  those 


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with  less  than  1/200  vision  is  443^  per  cent.  To  this  may  well  be 
added  the  9}/^  per  cent  whose  vision  falls  below  5/200,  making  a  total 
of  55  per  cent  with  practically  no  sight.  At  the  other  extreme  we 
note  that  those  with  more  than  10/200  vision  represent  36  per  cent, 
showing  that  the  weight  is  still  on  the  side  of  those  who  lack  vision. 
This  average  record  of  admissions  over  ten  years  may  well  be  com- 
pared with  the  amount  of  vision  in  the  school  population  of  last  year. 
This  record  shows  that  523^2  per  cent  of  the  pupils  had  less  than 
1/200  vision.  To  that,  again,  we  may  add  the  93^2  per  cent  with 
vision  under  5/200,  making  a  total  of  62  per  cent  with  practically  no 
sight.  The  corresponding  group  of  those  with  more  than  10/200 
vision  is  30  per  cent.  Breaking  these  figures  down  to  compare  the 
Lower  and  Upper  Schools  we  found  that  of  the  new  admissions  in 
the  last  ten  years  60  per  cent  in  the  Lower  School  had  practically  no 
vision  and  30  per  cent  had  10/200  or  over,  whereas  in  the  Upper 
School  43  per  cent  had  practically  no  vision  and  47  per  cent  had 
10/200  or  over.  The  explanation  of  the  larger  percentage  of  pupils 
in  the  Upper  School  with  higher  vision  is  due  to  the  policy  of  accept- 
ing pupils  who,  until  time  to  enter  high  school,  have  attended  sight- 
saving  classes,  there  being  no  provision  for  high  school  instruction 
in  sight-saving  groups  in  New  England. 

A  Study  of  Intelligence 

The  corresponding  study  of  the  intelligence  among  our  new 
admissions  during  ten  years  to  the  Upper  and  Lower  Schools  shows 
that  whereas  there  are  14  per  cent  who  have  an  I.Q.  below  70  in  the 
Lower  School,  we  find  only  one  per  cent  in  the  Upper  School.  This 
correlates  with  our  policy  of  admitting  young  children  with  doubtful 
ability  in  order  to  give  them  a  chance  to  prove  themselves  under 
our  special  instruction,  while  it  also  shows  that  care  is  being  exer- 
cised in  admitting  older  children  of  low  mental  ability.  On  the  other 
hand,  however,  it  is  found  that  only  73/2  per  cent  of  the  children  in 
the  Lower  School  have  I.Q.'s  above  120,  whereas  there  are  15  per 
cent  in  the  Upper  School.  The  difference  between  the  Lower  and 
Upper  Schools  is  also  shown  in  a  comparison  of  the  intelligence  of 
new  admissions,  which  revealed  that  only  293/^  per  cent  of  the  Lower 
School  pupils  have  an  I.Q.  above  100,  whereas  in  the  Upper  School 
66  per  cent  register  above  that  figure,  and  the  figure  for  the  entire 
school  is  41  per  cent.  Similar  figures  for  the  entire  school  population 
of  last  year  show  that  503^  per  cent  are  above  100,  six  per  cent  being 
below  70,  while  12^  per  cent  are  above  120. 

During  the  year  intelligence  tests  were  administered  to  all  new 


pupils  who  attained  an  average  I.Q.  of  102  on  the  Hayes-Binet  Tests. 
The  fourteen  scholarship  students  who  have  been  tested  in  the  last 
three  years  have  averaged  126  I.Q.  on  the  Wechsler  Test  and  135 
I.Q.  on  the  Terman-Merrill  Test,  indicating  that  they  have  been  a 
superior  group.  Altogether,  more  than  120  individual  intelligence 
tests  were  given  in  the  school  this  year  and  all  the  pupils  from  grade 
four  to  nine  were  given  the  Stanford  Achievement  Tests.  Studies 
are  now  being  made  of  several  forms  of  achievement  tests  which  will 
provide  more  accurate  measurements  for  those  in  the  High  School. 
Through  the  cooperation  of  the  American  Printing  House  for  the 
Blind  the  many  tests  being  developed  and  adapted  at  Perkins  are 
made  available  to  all  schools  for  the  blind  throughout  the  country. 
Two  new  forms  of  Stanford  Achievement  Tests  —  Forms  F  and  G 
(now  making  a  series  of  nine  forms)  —  have  been  prepared.  Three 
forms  of  the  Monroe  Reading  Test  have  been  adapted,  and  three 
forms  of  the  Gates'  Basic  Reading  Test  are  under  preparation  at  the 
request  of  the  American  Printing  House  for  the  Blind. 

The  Harvard  Course 
Ten  young  people  attended  the  Harvard-Perkins  Course  for  the 
training  of  teachers  of  the  blind  this  year,  including  a  young  woman 
from  Mexico  and  a  young  man  from  South  America.  One  of  the  group 
left  in  May  to  enter  the  United  States  Government  Service,  and 
another  entered  the  group  at  the  beginning  of  the  second  semester, 
planning  to  continue  next  year.  This  year  marked  the  transformation 
of  the  teacher-training  course  into  a  series  of  courses  with  reading, 
tests,  and  credits  on  the  college  graduate  level.  During  the  first  half- 
year  the  regular  so-called  Harvard  Course,  consisting  largely  of  lec- 
tures by  Dr.  Allen,  the  founder  of  the  course,  and  by  other  leaders 
and  specialists  in  the  field  of  the  blind,  was  given.  During  the  second 
half-year  the  members  of  the  class  went  to  Cambridge,  where  seven 
took  a  course  in  educational  psychology  and  two  took  a  course  in 
educational  guidance.  The  usual  opportunity  for  observation  of 
classroom  work  and  practice  teaching  was  given  with  three  meetings 
a  week  on  reports  and  occasional  individual  conferences  on  the 
students'  theses.  During  the  year,  instruction  was  given  in  braille 
and  all  were  qualified  for  Red  Cross  certificates.  Throughout  the 
year  members  of  the  class  attended  a  course  on  the  Psychology  and 
Education  of  Exceptional  Children,  given  by  Dr.  Hayes.  Included 
in  this  course  was  a  series  of  lectures  by  Dr.  Riemer,  Ophthalmologist 
at  Perkins,  on  the  structure  and  diseases  of  the  eye,  and  a  series  of 
lectures  by  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Fritz  Heider  from  the  Clarke  School  for  the 


Deaf,  on  the  psychology  and  education  of  deaf  children.    Quite  a 
number  of  Perkins'  teachers  attended  these  lectures. 

Exhibits  of  the  Month 

An  innovation  of  a  few  years  ago,  which  has  now  become  an 
established  part  of  the  school  program,  has  been  an  effort  on  the  part 
of  a  committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  Coon,  Superintendent  of  Buildings 
and  Grounds,  and  Miss  McGaw,  teacher  in  the  Manual  Training 
Department,  to  exploit  some  of  the  hidden  resources  of  the  Perkins' 
tactual  museum.  The  program  has  now  developed  into  a  series  of 
exhibits,  known  as  the  Exhibit-of-the-Month.  Each  month  some 
special  subject  is  covered  and  demonstrated  through  articles  taken 
from  the  Perkins'  museum  or,  as  in  several  cases,  from  other  museums, 
such  as  the  Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts  and  the  Harvard  Museum, 
with  a  covering  text.  This  is  distributed  to  all  the  teachers,  and 
during  the  month  nearly  every  class  is  brought  to  the  exhibit  alcove, 
where  the  students  are  given  a  chance  to  explore  the  items  which 
make  up  the  exhibit.  The  exhibits  ranged  this  year  from  an  exhibi- 
tion of  coins,  furnished  by  the  Chase  National  Bank  of  New  York, 
to  a  large  plasticine  map  of  the  Mediterranean  theatre  of  war,  which 
may  be  explored  by  the  fingers  of  the  pupils,  each  portion  having 
braille  tags  and  the  advances  of  the  armies  being  marked  with  small 
flags. 

In  the  midst  of  normal  educational  activities  the  obligation  of 
the  school  to  the  needs  of  the  war  effort  has  not  been  forgotten.  The 
pupils'  contribution  was  not  as  great  this  year  as  during  the  first 
year  of  the  war,  due,  largely,  to  the  diflSculty  in  securing  materials 
for  items  that  might  have  been  made.  The  class  in  auto  mechanics, 
however,  reconditioned  one  of  the  school  cars  so  that  it  might  serve 
as  a  truck,  taking  the  place  of  one  that  could  not  be  replaced.  The 
Junior  Red  Cross,  having  seventy-five  members,  made  a  large  assort- 
ment of  knitted  articles,  as  well  as  doing  some  sewing,  such  as  blouses, 
rugs,  toys,  diapers,  sweaters,  helmets,  scarfs,  etc.  The  air  raid  pro- 
tection service,  which  was  described  completely  last  year,  was  con- 
tinued through  this  year.  Vacancies,  caused  by  changes  in  staff,  were 
filled,  and  the  wardens,  fire-fighters,  and  other  groups  maintained  a 
loyal  and  effective  organization  throughout  the  year.  In  order  to 
make  it  more  convenient  for  Perkins,  the  Institution  and  its  grounds 
were  set  up  as  a  separate  area  under  Mr.  Coon,  as  air  warden  for  the 
district.  In  every  drill  which  was  held  the  Perkins'  staff  members 
reported  to  their  positions  and  carried  on  effectively.  In  the  Main 
Building  the  First  Aid  Station  for  this  portion  of  Watertown  was  estab- 

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lished,  and  physicians  and  nurses  would  gather  there  to  set  up  their 
part  of  the  program.  Throughout  the  year  a  number  of  the  commu- 
nity's air  warden  meetings  were  held  in  our  hall.  A  number  of  our 
staff  members  also  had  a  part  in  the  organization  for  Watertown, 
thereby  keeping  an  effective  and  cooperative  arrangement  between 
the  community  and  Perkins  Institution. 

Priorities  and  Rationing 

The  war  with  its  many  complications  on  the  home  front  probably 
affected  the  Bursar's  office  more  than  any  other  department  in  the 
school.  During  the  year  the  priorities  and  rationing  programs  really 
came  into  their  own.  The  demands  placed  upon  time  were  tremen- 
dous, first,  because  much  reading  had  to  be  done  regularly  to  be 
sure  of  obligations  and,  second,  the  application  of  those  obligations 
to  regular  routine  required  considerable  thought.  Priorities  were  not 
too  great  a  bother,  chiefly  because  the  activities  requiring  them  were 
avoided  as  much  as  possible.  Rationing,  however,  was  a  different 
story,  imposing  much  new  work  on  the  departments  in  charge  of  the 
food  and  the  budget  and,  of  course,  touching  all  in  the  Perkins' 
family.  Enlisting  the  help  of  teachers  and  other  staff  members,  the 
registrations  for  Ration  Books  Nos.  2  and  3  were  conducted  at  the 
school.  All  ration  books  of  people  residing  and  eating  at  Perkins 
are  kept  on  deposit  in  the  vault.  It  is  part  of  our  responsibility  under 
the  rationing  program  to  remove,  void,  and  count  the  stamps  when 
the  periods  for  which  they  are  good  expire.  The  stamps  and  a  report 
covering  their  count  are  turned  over  to  the  local  rationing  board 
periodically. 

Through  careful  planning  and  close  attention  to  buying,  Perkins 
has  been  able  to  maintain  its  high  standard  of  meals,  although, 
naturally,  there  has  been  some  curtailment  in  variety.  The  problem 
of  buying  food  under  the  rationing  system  has  been  complicated 
considerably.  Our  ration  allotment  of  processed  foods  is  23  per  cent 
of  normal  consumption  and  of  meats  and  fats  68  per  cent.  Meatless 
Tuesday  has  been  observed  throughout  the  year.  Margarine,  canned 
milk,  and  other  substitutes  have  been  in  use  here,  at  least  for  cook- 
ing, since  before  rationing  began.  We  had  plenty  of  butter  in  storage 
all  during  the  year  because  it  was  bought  in  advance,  but  rationing 
so  limited  our  use  of  it  that  when  school  closed  in  June  we  had  1,043 
pounds  left,  which  we  sold.  With  a  few  items  under  processed  foods, 
which  we  had  bought  in  large  quantities  in  advance,  the  supply  on 
hand  will  extend  far  beyond  the  normal  period.  Food  buying  in  large 

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quantities  in  advance  is  now  practically  impossible,  and  purchases 
have  to  be  made  as  supplies  can  be  obtained. 

As  a  means  of  offsetting  a  possible  shortage,  a  canning  project 
was  set  up  in  August  in  Bridgman  Cottage,  which  has  been  vacant. 
Under  the  direction  of  Miss  Amanda  Harmening,  matron  of  Tomp- 
kins Cottage,  and  with  the  assistance  of  both  students  and  teachers 
in  their  free  time,  over  eight  hundred  quarts  of  vegetables  and  various 
fruits  were  preserved.  It  is  hoped  that,  as  the  fall  season  progresses, 
we  will  be  able  to  can  the  equivalent  amount  of  some  foods  formerly 
purchased. 

Another  measure  to  assist  in  the  food  planning  was  the  installa- 
tion during  the  summer  of  a  "hold  freeze"  refrigerator  in  the  store- 
room. This  will  maintain  a  temperature  of  below  zero,  and  several 
thousand  pounds  of  fruits,  vegetables,  and  meat  may  be  held  in  a 
frozen  condition  for  use  as  need  arises.  This  has  made  possible  the 
buying  of  large  quantities  of  fresh  vegetables  during  the  harvest 
season  and  the  holding  of  them  for  use  later  in  the  winter. 

During  the  past  year  the  average  per  capita  cost  for  food  was 
48  cents  per  day.  This  exceeds  by  two  cents  the  average  quota  set 
a  year  ago,  based  upon  a  gain  of  17.3  per  cent  in  food  prices  up  to 
that  time.  In  view  of  the  large  continued  increase  in  prices  during 
the  year,  exceeding  our  per  capita  quota  by  only  two  cents  is  some- 
thing of  an  accomplishment  for  the  Bursar's  office.  Credit  must  be 
given  to  Mr.  Hemphill,  the  Bursar,  Miss  Oliver,  the  nutritionist, 
and  Mr.  Forkin,  the  storekeeper,  for  it  has  been  no  easy  task  to 
wrestle  with  these  problems. 

Problems  of  Personnel 
A  far  more  difficult  and  perplexing  problem  has  been  that  per- 
taining to  personnel  in  the  household  department.  Perkins'  physical 
set-up  now  requires  a  minimum  of  eight  cooks,  reduced  from  twelve 
by  the  doubling  up  of  kitchens,  as  described  elsewhere  in  this  report, 
and  twenty-one  maids  for  general  cleaning  purposes.  Throughout 
the  year  there  was  a  considerable  turnover  in  this  personnel,  as  the 
attractiveness  of  war  jobs  lured  our  workers  away.  In  his  report 
Mr.  Hemphill  speaks  of  this  problem  as  follows:  "It  caused  mixed 
feelings  of  concern  and  thankfulness;  concern  over  the  difficulty  of 
filling  vacancies  left  by  employees  entering  the  war  and  defense 
industries;  thankfulness  for  the  loyalty  of  the  many  who  are  stand- 
ing by.  In  this  respect  we  seem  to  be  faring  better  than  most  schools 
and  other  institutions.  However,  any  condition  short  of  our  normal 
organization  becomes  a  state  of  emergency  to  be  met  with  special 

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measures.  Those  measures  were  supplied  at  Perkins  through  willing 
overtime  work  by  the  existing  members  of  most  departments,  the 
result  being,  I  believe,  that  no  real  need  lacked  proper  attention 
during  the  year." 

The  same  situation  carried  over  into  the  Maintenance  Depart- 
ment. Here,  again,  through  the  readiness  of  loyal  workers  to  give 
overtime  and  to  take  on  duties  outside  of  their  regular  routines, 
service  was  maintained  and  the  buildings  and  grounds  kept  in  good 
condition  and  in  effective  operation.  We  were  fortunate  that  certain 
base  salary  adjustments  in  Buildings,  Grounds,  and  Household 
Departments  had  been  completed  prior  to  the  executive  order  of 
October  3,  which  froze  payrolls  in  general.  Our  employees  affected 
by  this  order  have  had  the  benefit  of  the  adjustment  most  of  the  year. 
The  Cost  of  Living  Adjustment  Plan,  put  into  effect  a  year  ago,  is 
still  operating.  This  provides  for  a  graduated  adjustment  of  salaries, 
based  on  the  rise  in  the  cost  of  living.  When  the  order  freezing  wages 
went  into  effect,  the  advanced  cost  of  living  had  reached  the  fifteen 
per  cent  level,  and  it  has  been  frozen  at  that  point,  where  it  will 
remain  until  further  notice.  Members  of  the  Perkins'  staff  benefiting 
by  this  have  accepted  the  situation  as  one  common  to  all  in  their 
classification,  and  they  naturally  are  as  happy  as  we  that  the  adjust- 
ments and  advances  were  arranged  before  the  freezing  order  went 
into  effect. 

Pupils  and  faculty  members,  too,  displayed  fine  spirit  in  matching 
the  willingness  of  employees  in  the  operating  departments  in  taking 
additional  duties  for  the  benefit  of  the  school.  In  the  spring,  when 
the  problem  of  the  annual  clean-up  came  around,  the  boys  in  the 
Upper  School  volunteered  to  undertake  this  task.  Programs  were  so 
arranged  that  they  were  able  to  work  afternoons,  and  every  after- 
noon for  over  three  weeks  the  boys,  under  the  leadership  of  teachers, 
went  out  with  rakes,  shovels,  brooms,  and  other  equipment,  and 
completely  cleaned  the  entire  grounds.  This  was  not  a  casual  raking 
here  and  there,  but  the  boys  went  down  on  their  hands  and  knees, 
and  using  that  sense  of  touch  so  often  attributed  to  the  blind,  got 
their  fingers  in  among  the  vines  and  shrubs  and  pulled  out  every 
single  stray  leaf.  It  is  generally  considered  that  the  grounds  were 
never  more  beautiful  than  they  were  this  spring. 

Another  aspect  of  helpfulness  was  within  the  cottages,  where 
both  boys  and  girls  helped  with  the  housework,  particularly  in  the 
kitchen.  The  "Victory  Peelers"  were  organized,  and  each  morning 
groups  of  pupils  prepared  the  vegetables  for  the  cooks.  The  adminis- 
tration is  very  grateful  to  both  pupils  and  teachers,  as  well  as  to 

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other  employees,  for  the  way  in  which  they  have  responded  and  have 
made  it  possible  to  carry  on  at  Perkins  so  effectively  this  year. 

In  discussing  problems  of  personnel,  special  recognition  should 
be  given  to  the  effective  way  in  which  Mr.  Sherman  has  undertaken 
his  duties  as  Principal.  It  is  not  an  easy  matter  for  a  new  person  to 
come  into  a  school  as  complicated  as  Perkins,  and  to  have  added  to 
that  an  entire  new  process  of  education  makes  all  the  more  creditable 
the  way  in  which  he  has  found  himself  and  contributed  to  the  leader- 
ship of  the  school.  He  has  wisely  taken  advantage  of  the  experiences 
of  older  teachers  and  has  worked,  very  largely,  through  committees 
in  considering  changes  to  be  made  in  the  educational  set-up.  He 
has  found  a  place  of  appreciation  in  the  pupils'  response,  and  the 
teachers  have  enjoyed  their  year  of  association  with  him.  Apprecia- 
tion must  also  be  expressed  to  Mrs.  Mayshark,  who,  during  the 
year,  assumed  the  duties  of  supervising  the  work  in  the  Lower  School, 
this  being  arranged  so  that  Mr.  Sherman  might  devote  most  of  his 
first  year  to  the  Upper  School,  where,  in  addition  to  his  administra- 
tive duties,  he  had  to  carry  on  the  teaching  of  science,  as  we  were 
unable  to  secure  a  teacher  for  this  work  when  school  opened.  During 
the  coming  year  Mr.  Sherman  will  extend  his  duties  over  into  the 
Lower  School  and  will  carry  on  the  administration  of  both  schools. 

National  Legislation 

Early  in  October  the  Director  was  asked  to  become  Chairman 
of  the  Committee  on  Legislation  of  the  American  Association  of 
Instructors  for  the  Blind.  At  that  time  important  legislation  was 
pending  in  Congress  in  regard  to  extension  of  rehabilitation  services 
which  would  include  the  civilian  blind  and  also  make  provision  for 
the  retraining  of  the  war  blinded.  This  position  involved  going  to 
Washington  several  times  to  hearings  in  regard  to  legislation  and 
giving  considerable  time  to  the  study  of  the  many  bills  pertaining  to 
the  blind  which  were  introduced  in  the  Congress.  In  order  that  the 
approach  to  Congress  on  behalf  of  the  blind  might  be  more  effective 
and  have  wider  representation,  the  Legislative  Committee  of  the 
Instructors  for  the  Blind  met  in  March  in  Washington  with  the 
Legislative  Committee  of  the  American  Association  of  Workers  for 
the  Blind  and  formed  a  joint  committee.  The  Director  was  elected 
chairman  of  this  joint  committee. 

Public  interest  in  the  plans  being  made  for  the  rehabilitation 
and  retraining  of  those  who  lose  their  sight  during  the  war  is  reflected 
in  the  many  inquiries  which  come  to  Perkins.  There  is  also  interest 
within  the  school  to  see  what  part  Perkins  may  play  in  this  new 

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program.  Early  in  the  fall  the  Director  attended  hearings  of  Con- 
gressional committees  in  Washington,  which  were  considering  the 
legislation  necessary  for  the  formulation  of  such  a  program.  The 
final  decision  was  to  separate  the  rehabilitation  of  blinded  service 
people  from  the  program  being  formulated  by  the  Federal  Security 
Agency,  and  this  was  done  through  the  passage  in  March  of  the 
Walsh-Rankin  Bill,  now  known  as  Public  16-78th  Congress,  which 
authorized  the  Veterans'  Administration  to  set  up  a  complete  pro- 
gram for  the  rehabilitation  of  blinded  service  personnel.  Perkins  has 
a  special  interest  in  this  program  in  that  the  Veterans'  Administra- 
tion has  appointed  Maurice  I.  Tynan,  Perkins  '14,  formerly  associated 
with  the  Services  for  the  Blind,  United  States  Office  of  Education,  as 
the  Administrator  of  the  Rehabilitation  Program.  Another  appoint- 
ment of  interest  to  Perkins  is  that  of  John  R.  Millon,  a  member  of 
the  Harvard  Class  of  two  years  ago,  who  has  been  appointed  to  the 
Surgeon  General's  Office  and  stationed  at  the  Letterman  General 
Hospital  in  San  Francisco  as  the  contact  man  for  blinded  personnel 
in  that  area.  It  is  reported  that  the  Surgeon  General's  Office  plans  to 
concentrate  the  cases  of  blindness  at  the  hospital  in  San  Francisco 
and,  also,  in  connection  with  the  hospital  at  Valley  Forge.  General 
charge  of  work  for  the  blind  under  the  Surgeon  General's  Office  has 
been  assigned  to  Major  Walter  E.  Barton,  formerly  of  Worcester, 
Massachusetts.  Perkins  has  offered  its  assistance,  based  on  its  experi- 
ence and  its  facilities,  to  both  the  Surgeon  General's  Office  and  the 
Veterans'  Administration  to  help  in  any  way  possible  to  meet  the 
needs  of  war-blinded  persons. 

Perkins  has  had  a  more  direct  contact  with  the  war-blinded 
through  the  fact  that  we  were  asked  to  go  to  Fort  Devens  to  advise 
in  regard  to  a  soldier  who  had  lost  his  sight  at  the  Fort.  It  was 
reported  later  that  three  other  soldiers  were  similarly  handicapped. 
Members  of  Perkins'  staff  and  the  staff  of  the  Massachusetts  Division 
of  the  Blind  have  gone  to  Fort  Devens  to  help  with  this  problem.  In 
May,  Miss  Marie  P.  Murphy,  Occupational  Therapist  of  the  hospital 
at  Fort  Devens,  was  assigned  to  Perkins  for  a  week  of  observation 
and  instruction  in  our  methods  of  teaching  crafts  to  blind  people. 

Registration  Lower 
Registration  as  of  October  1,  1943,  reveals  a  decrease  of  14  pupils 
from  last  year,  the  present  enrollment  being  234,  as  against  248  a 
year  ago  and  to  be  contrasted  with  a  total  enrollment  of  276  ten 
years  ago.  The  loss  has  fallen  in  the  Upper  School,  as  indicated 
earlier  in  the  report.    The  Upper  School  this  year  has  50  boys  and 

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60  girls,  totalling  110,  whereas  the  Lower  School  has  72  boys  and  44 
girls,  making  a  total  of  116;  there  are  five  girls  and  three  boys 
in  the  Deaf-Blind  Department.  Because  of  the  small  number  of 
boys  in  the  Upper  School,  Bridgman  Cottage  was  not  opened,  but 
the  larger  number  of  boys  now  in  the  Lower  School  would  indicate 
that  it  may  have  to  be  opened  one  or  two  years  hence,  while  the 
small  number  of  girls  in  the  Lower  School  would  indicate  that  prob- 
ably a  cottage  on  that  side  might  have  to  be  closed  later,  unless  a 
large  number  of  older  pupils  should  be  admitted  in  the  next  few  years. 

The  smaller  enrollment  is  somewhat  reflected  in  the  decreased 
teaching  staff,  although  it  happened  that  this  year  there  were  only 
two  resignations  in  the  Upper  School,  where  curtailment  would 
naturally  have  fallen,  as  against  nine  in  the  Lower  School,  where  we 
needed  more  teachers  than  we  had  last  year.  As  Dr.  Gundersen,  our 
Ophthalmologist,  had  entered  the  Army,  the  services  of  Dr.  H.  B.  C. 
Riemer  were  secured  for  this  important  work.  Dr.  Riemer  had  served 
both  Boston  Nursery  for  Blind  Babies  and  the  Massachusetts  Division 
of  the  Blind  and  is  an  outstanding  specialist  in  his  field.  Early  in  the 
school  year  Mrs.  Elsa  B.  Martz  resigned  as  teacher  of  the  Sixth 
Grade  to  accept  a  position  in  the  Newton  Public  School  System,  and 
her  position  was  filled  by  Mrs.  Irene  M.  O'Connor,  graduate  of 
Middlebury  College  and  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Class  two  years 
ago.  In  October,  Miss  Thelma  E.  Pierce  resigned  as  Physiotherapist, 
and  in  December,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  L.  Rew,  graduate  of  the  Posse 
School  of  Physiotherapy,  was  appointed  to  take  her  place.  In  March, 
Miss  Eva  C.  Bobbins,  who  has  been  in  charge  of  the  Salesroom  in 
Boston,  retired  after  nearly  twenty-eight  years  of  faithful  service. 

Resigning  from  the  Upper  School  at  the  close  of  the  school  year 
were  Miss  Alyson  C.  Hooper,  secretary  to  the  Director,  to  enter 
overseas  work  with  the  American  Red  Cross,  and  Miss  Doris  E.  Welsh,, 
of  the  Manual  Training  Department,  to  take  up  Red  Cross  Work  in 
the  hospital  at  Camp  Edwards.  Miss  Catherine  M.  Campbell, 
Ediphonist  on  the  administration  staff,  left  for  a  year's  leave  of  ab- 
sence because  of  ill  health.  The  vacancy  in  the  Library,  caused  by 
the  untimely  death  of  Miss  Ruth  M.  Knapp  on  August  4,  was  filled 
by  Miss  Marion  A.  Wood  worth  of  the  Upper  School  teaching  staff. 
Four  teachers  resigned  to  be  married  —  Miss  Marjorie  A.  Johnston, 
teacher  in  the  Music  Department;  Miss  Lillian  Huset,  of  the  Deaf- 
Blind  Department;  Miss  Ruth  I.  Erickson,  of  the  Lower  School;  and 
Miss  Caroline  M.  Burrell,  who  has  been  in  charge  of  the  Kinder- 
garten for  twenty-four  years. 

Other  resignations  from  the  Lower  School  were  those  of  Mr.  and 

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Mrs.  Benjamin  F.  Smith,  wlio  accepted  positions  in  the  Washington 
State  School  for  the  Blind,  of  which  Mr.  Smith  is  a  graduate;  Miss 
Dorothy  I.  Misback,  who  was  appointed  a  teacher  in  the  Iowa  School 
for  the  Blind,  of  which  State  she  is  a  resident;  and  Miss  Edna  H. 
Ennis,  who  accepted  a  position  as  teacher  of  a  sight-saving  class  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  her  home  city.  Mrs.  Marjorie  B,  Morey,  who 
was  married  a  year  ago,  resigned  to  join  her  husband. 

New  Staff  Members 

As  of  the  beginning  of  the  new  school  year,  new  appointments 
were:  Miss  Mary  B.  Lockwood,  secretary  to  the  Director;  Miss 
Bertha  L.  Cowen,  secretary  of  the  Department  of  Personnel;  Miss 
Sarah  C.  Tyler,  Middlebury  '42,  graduate  of  last  year's  Harvard  Class, 
Psychometrist  and  secretary  to  the  Principal;  Miss  Rachel  Quant, 
graduate  student  in  music  at  Boston  University,  as  teacher  of  organ; 
Bradford  W.  Newcomb,  Middlebury  '27,  formerly  Dean  of  Men  at 
Southern  Union  College,  master  of  Tompkins  Cottage  and  teacher 
of  English;  and  Frangcon  Jones,  of  the  University  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, teacher  of  science. 

The  following  were  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancies  in  the  Lower 
School:  Miss  Barbara  Wilson,  Wheelock  School  '37,  teacher  of  the 
Kindergarten;  Miss  Evelyn  Kaufman,  Seton  Hall  College,  and  of  the 
past  year's  Harvard  Class,  teacher  of  the  Second  Grade;  Mrs.  Aline 
McDowell,  University  of  Illinois,  teacher  of  the  Fifth  Grade;  Miss 
Martha  L.  Winget,  Oklahoma  A.  and  M.  College,  teacher  of  special 
class;  and  Miss  Judith  Greenstein,  Brooklyn  College,  and  a  member 
of  last  year's  Harvard  Class,  teacher  of  the  Visual  Aid  Class. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Holcomb  retired  from  the  position  as  matron 
of  Moulton  Cottage  after  twelve  years  of  devoted  service,  and  her 
place  was  filled  by  Mrs.  Joseph  Jablonske.  Miss  Eva  L.  Jordan  suc- 
ceeded Miss  Grace  Barris  as  Assistant  Housemother  of  Potter 
Cottage.  Miss  Elizabeth  C.  Oliver,  teacher  of  home  economics,  who 
gave  part  of  her  time  last  year  to  the  work  of  nutritionist,  is  to  give 
full  time  this  year,  due  to  the  many  complications  of  food  control 
at  the  present  time. 

Perkins  Loses  Friends 
Death  has  levied  an  unusually  heavy  toll  upon  persons  associated 
with  Perkins.  The  Board  of  Trustees  suffered  the  loss  of  the  Rev. 
George  P.  O'Conor,  who  had  been  a  member  of  the  Board  since  his 
appointment  by  the  Governor  in  1926.  All  through  the  years  he  was 
a  very  helpful  associate  and  one  who  had  a  deep  personal  interest  in 

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the  pupils.  Father  O'Conor  passed  away  on  January  29.  At  the 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  on  March  9,  suitable  resolutions 
of  regret  and  sympathy  were  passed.  On  January  14,  Mrs.  Laura  E. 
Richards  passed  away  in  her  ninety-third  year.  Mrs.  Richards,  the 
daughter  of  the  first  Director  and  born  at  the  school  in  South  Boston, 
continued  throughout  her  life  to  have  an  interest  in  its  work  and  the 
pupils.  On  January  2,  Charlotte  Healey  Rendall,  former  Physio- 
therapist and  a  graduate  of  the  Harvard  Class,  passed  away.  She 
left  Perkins  in  June,  1936,  to  be  married.  Joseph  Chalieu,  employed 
at  the  Workshop  in  South  Boston  from  1884  until  his  retirement  in 
1940,  died  on  January  15.  He  was  the  only  man  left  who  had  been 
taught  the  mattress  trade  by  the  teacher  brought  from  Scotland  by 
Dr.  Howe  at  the  opening  of  the  Workshop  in  1840. 

Miss  Lydia  Y.  Hayes  died  in  Minnesota  on  February  8.  She 
had  made  her  home  with  her  nephew,  William  G.  Hayes,  whose 
wife  is  a  former  deaf -blind  pupil  at  Perkins.  Miss  Hayes  was  gradu- 
ated from  Perkins  in  1889.  From  1900  until  1910,  she  was  home 
teacher  for  the  adult  blind  in  Massachusetts,  and  then  became  super- 
visor of  work  for  the  adult  blind  in  New  Jersey  until  her  retirement 
in  1937.  Miss  Hayes  was  one  of  Perkins'  outstanding  graduates  and 
was  constantly  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  Institution  and  in 
the  general  program  of  improvement  for  the  blind  throughout  the 
country.  On  April  22,  George  Marshall  died  in  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  graduated  from  Perkins  in  1889,  and  for  seventeen 
years  was  the  Superintendent  of  the  Connecticut  School  for  the 
Blind. 

Miss  Ruth  M.  Kiiapp  passed  away  at  the  Baker  Memorial  Hos- 
pital on  August  2.  Since  1931  Miss  Knapp  had  been  a  member  of  the 
library  staff,  being  in  charge  of  the  circulating  library.  Her  untimely 
death  made  a  loss  deeply  felt  by  the  school  and  the  many  adult 
blind  whom  she  served  so  faithfully  in  the  selection  of  their  reading 
matter.  Mrs.  Mary  H.  Fowler,  wife  of  Elwyn  H.  Fowler,  teacher  of 
piano  tuning,  died  on  September  8,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years, 
after  a  long  illness.  In  1882  Mrs.  Fowler  joined  the  teaching  staff 
of  the  Royal  Normal  College  in  London,  under  Sir  Francis  Campbell. 
In  1887  she  came  to  Perkins  to  teach,  where  she  remained  until  her 
marriage  to  Mr.  Fowler  early  in  1904. 

Annual  Events 
In  closing,  record  must  be  made  of  certain  events  which  take 
place  each  year  and,  while  repetitive,    are  part  of  the  process  of 
keeping  alive  certain  traditions  in  the  school.    On  November  6, 

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Anagnos  Day  was  observed,  paying  tribute  to  the  second  Director, 
the  Founder  of  the  Kindergarten,  and,  on  November  12,  the  annual 
exercises,  in  memory  of  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  the  first  Director, 
were  held.  On  December  2,  the  Manual  Training  Department  had 
a  sale  of  articles  made  by  the  pupils,  with  tea  being  served  in  Bennett 
Cottage.  Throughout  December  there  were  Christmas  carols  sung 
at  the  morning  chapel  exercises,  and  the  usual  Christmas  parties,  as 
enjoyable  as  ever,  were  held  prior  to  the  closing  of  school  for  the 
Christmas  vacation.  The  outstanding  events  of  the  season  are  the 
public  concerts  which  the  chorus  gives  at  Christmas  time.  One  was 
given  in  Jordan  Hall,  Sunday,  December  20,  and  two  were  given  at 
the  school,  the  first  on  Friday  evening,  December  18,  and  the  second 
on  Tuesday  evening,  December  22.  The  latter  concert  was  primarily 
for  parents  and  pupils,  and  after  this  concert  the  school  closed  for 
the  vacation. 

On  January  10,  the  United  War  Fund  of  Watertown  held  a  large 
meeting  in  D wight  Hall.  Perkins'  staff  and  pupils  held  a  special 
drive  within  the  school,  and  $1,100.55  was  contributed  as  Perkins' 
share  in  this  movement.  During  February  the  Catholic  Guild  for 
the  Blind  gave  parties  to  the  boys  and  girls,  Christmas  parties,  which 
had  been  postponed  because  of  the  many  activities  prior  to  the 
holiday.  They  were,  nevertheless,  enjoyed  and  appreciated,  as  are 
the  many  services  rendered  to  Perkins  and  its  pupils  by  the  Guild. 
On  March  5  the  Boys'  Dramatic  Club  presented  "Our  Town"  to  a 
large  and  favorable  audience.  On  the  evenings  of  April  7,  8,  and  9, 
the  operetta,  "The  Gondoliers,"  was  presented  as  a  combined  offer- 
ing of  the  Music  Department  and  the  Girls'  Dramatic  Club.  During 
the  year  the  girls  had  a  number  of  dances  to  which  were  invited 
sailors  located  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston,  and  soldiers  who  came  from 
Fort  Devens  in  Army  trucks. 

The  spring  vacation  began  on  April  11.  Being  fixed  by  Easter, 
it  came  at  almost  the  latest  possible  date.  This  made  the  winter 
term  one  of  the  longest  that  we  have  had,  being  just  one  hundred 
days.  Because  of  the  length  of  the  term,  a  long  week-end  was  given 
over  Washington's  Birthday.  The  annual  open  house,  held  on  this 
holiday  for  over  one  hundred  years,  was  omitted,  partly  because  of 
the  diflBculties  of  transportation  and,  also,  because  the  large  amount 
of  work  being  done  in  the  school  due  to  war  activities  made  it  impos- 
sible to  find  time  to  prepare  for  a  public  demonstration. 

On  June  11,  Perkins  was  host  to  the  officials  of  the  state  boards 
within  New  England  who  are  interested  in  placing  the  blind  in  indus- 
try.  Conferences,  filling  the  day,  were  planned,  and  all  of  the  New 

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England  States  were  represented.  Problems  concerning  the  increased 
blind  employment  and  the  procedures  involved  therein  were  discussed, 
and  all  gained  through  the  exchange  of  experiences.  At  the  staff 
meeting,  held  on  Monday,  June  14,  tribute  was  paid  to  Miss  Mary  B. 
Knowlton,  who  on  that  day  had  completed  fifty  years  of  continuous 
teaching  in  the  Manual  Training  Department.  At  the  chapel  exer- 
cises on  June  17,  certificates  were  awarded  to  the  eight  young  men 
and  women  who  had  completed  the  Harvard  Course. 

Graduation  and  Graduates 

Graduation  was  held  on  Friday,  June  18,  when  the  diplomas 
were  awarded  by  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  President  of  the  Corporation, 
to  the  following  four  girls  and  three  boys  who  had  completed  the 
requirements  for  graduation:  Doris  Grace  Bradley,  Ruth  E.  Piatt, 
Evelyn  G.  Scott,  Patricia  A.  Robinson,  William  Francis  Gallagher, 
Frederick  Hayashi  and  Joseph  P.  Dwyer.  Certificates  were  granted 
as  follows:  Pianoforte  Tuning  —  Frederick  Hayashi;  Pianoforte 
Normal  —  Anthony  V.  Cirella;  Manual  Training  —  Florence  Y. 
Budrow,  Ruth  E.  Piatt,  and  Gertrude  Agnes  Dubee.  The  Com- 
mencement address  was  given  by  the  Rev.  Dan  Huntington  Fenn, 
of  the  American  Unitarian  Association,  and  the  Invocation  was  given 
by  the  Rev.  John  J.  Connolly,  of  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind. 

Recognition  should  be  given  also  to  the  following  former  Perkins' 
pupils  who  achieved  academic  success  this  year:  Norman  S.  Case, 
Perkins  '36,  who  received  in  February  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Yale 
University  School  of  Law;  Wilma  L.  True,  Perkins  '39,  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  University  of  Maine  in  May  and  plans  to  enter  the 
Boston  University  School  of  Social  Work;  and  Martha  Wolf  son, 
Perkins  '36,  and  a  graduate  of  Radcliffe  College,  who  received  the 
degree  of  M.A.  from  Boston  University  in  May.  Richard  L.  Hull, 
who  attended  Perkins  from  1924  until  1933,  when  he  entered  the 
Rockport  High  School,  and  later  was  graduated  from  Clark  Uni- 
versity, was  elected  to  the  Massachusetts  State  Legislature  in  the 
election  in  November. 

Gabriel  Farrell. 


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DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH 

OPHTHALMOLOGIST'S  REPORT 

The  Standard  Classification  of  Causes  of  Blindness  compiled  by 
the  Committee  on  Statistics  of  the  Blind  is  used  in  this  report  of  those 
admitted  to  Perkins  Institution  during  the  year  1942-1943. 

Classification  of  Causes  of  Blindness  by  Site  (Topography)  and 
Type  of  Affection. 

A.  Eyeball,  in  General:  D.  Choroid  and  Retina: 

Hypertension  (glaucoma) 4                Chorioretinitis 5 

Myopia 1                Retinitis  pigmentosa S 

Structural  anomalies:                                        Retinitis  proliferans 1 

Albinism 2                Juvenile  macular  degeneration .  2 

Microphthalmos 1      E.  Optic  Nerve: 

Degenerative  changes:                                       Optic  nerve  atrophy 8 

Disorganized  eyeball  F.  Miscellaneous  and  Ill-Defined: 

(Phthisis  Bulbi) 3                Amblyopia 4 

B.  Cornea:  Convergence  with  nystagmus .  .  1 

Leucoma 1  

C.  Crystalline  Lens:  Total 45 

Cataract 9 


The  Etiological  Cause  of  Blindness  in  the  forty -five  new  cases  is 
as  follows : 

27  are  presumably  due  to  hereditary  or  congenital  causes. 
17  are  probably  due  to  infectious  diseases. 
1  is  due  to  trauma. 

Operations    performed    at    the    Massachusetts    Eye    and    Ear 
Infirmary : 

Cataract  extraction 1 

Discission 6 

Iridectomy 3 

Plastic  for  restoration  of  socket 1 

Trephine i- 

Vision  tests  were  made  on  77  patients. 

Tested  and  recommended  for  visual  aid  at  school,  35. 

Refractions  were  done  on  21  patients. 

Glasses  were  recommended  in  11  cases. 

H.  B.  C.  RiEMER,  M.D. 


Communicable  Diseases: 

German  measles 9 

Mumps 1 

Whooping  cough 4 

Chicken  pox 15 

Virus  pneumonia 4 

Communicable  Diseases  Prophylaxis: 

Vaccination 5 

Schick  test 34 

Immunization 22 

Dick  test 68 

Immunization 19 

Widal 4 

X-ray  —  Chests 141 

Basal  metabolism  tests S 


PHYSICIAN'S  AND  NURSE'S  REPORT 

The  following  is  the  report  of  the  Medical  Department  at 
Perkins  for  the  year  1942-1943: 

Special  Vaccines  Administered: 

Cold  vaccine 34 

Ferunculosis  vaccine 6 

Fractures: 

Tibia 1 

CoUes 1 

Finger 1 

Rib 1 

Operations: 

Ingrown  toenail 3 

Incision  and  drainage  abscess  on 

neck 1 

Tonsil-adenoid 3 

Removal  of  moles  from  face  ...  3 

Excision  of  tumor 1 

Paracentesis,  ear 1 

Hemorrhoidectomy 1 

Lacerations  requiring  suturing .  .  3 

As  in  past  years  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  was  very 
generous  in  cooperating  in  seeing  our  patients  in  the  clinic  and  giving 
hospital  care  when  necessary.  There  were  129  appointments  made 
with  the  Out-Patient  Department  there  during  the  year. 

There  were  1,767  treatments  given  for  minor  injuries  in  our  own 
school  clinic  room.  Although  we  had  a  great  deal  of  illness  no  case 
proved  serious  except  one  boy,  aged  16,  who  died  after  a  prolonged 
illness  which  he  had  had  since  admission  to  the  school. 

During  the  summer  of  1942  Miss  Clark  through  her  own  efforts 
took  a  laboratory  course  which  proved  extremely  helpful,  for  she  did 
emergency  blood  counts,  which  saved  hospital  trips  on  suspected 
appendix  and  other  surgical  cases.  She  also  did  photo-electric 
hemoglobins  on  every  student  in  the  school  at  least  once  during  the 
year.  This  is  a  big  improvement  over  the  old  Tallquist  method  which 
was  previously  used. 

Dera  Kinsey,  M.D. 
Myra  Clark,  R.N. 


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DENTIST'S  REPORT,  UPPER  SCHOOL 

The  following  is  the  report  of  the  dental  operations  performed 
for  the  pupils  of  the  Upper^School  for  the  past  year,  1942-1943: 


Fillings: 

Cement  silver  alloy 208 

Cement  fillings  and  minings  .  .  141 

Synthetic  porcelain  fillings ....  43 

Gold  foil 3 

Inlays 1 

Extractions 15 

Tumor  removed 1 

X-rays 72 


Treatments: 

Silver  nitrate 163 

Zinc  oxide  eugenol 12 

Vincent's  infections 3 

Root  canal  treatments 22 

Restorations: 

Partial  dentures 3 


All  pupils  in  the  Upper  School  received  oral  prophylaxes  at  the 
Forsyth  Dental  Infirmary. 

Mark  D.  Elliott,  D.D.S. 

DENTIST'S  REPORT,  LOWER  SCHOOL 

I  beg  to  submit  the  following  report  on  the  dental  work  performed 
for  the  pupils  attending  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind  during  the 
school  year  ending  June,  1943: 

Temporary  teeth  extracted 38 

Permanent  teeth  extracted 4 

Special  bridge 1 

Upper  School  emergencies 5 

X-ray 3 

Number  of  pupils  completed 117 

Number  of  new  pupils  completed .  .  23 

Total  number  of  pupils  treated ....  122 

Reinhold  Ruelberg,  D.M.D. 


Alloy  fillings 330 

Cement  fillings 15 

Cement  and  alloy  fillings 16 

Synthetic  porcelain  fillings 21 

Prophylactic  treatments 117 

Number  of  teeth  devitalized 5 

Number  of  treatments  for  the  above  11 

Miscellaneous  treatments 49 

Silver  nitrate  treatments 165 


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THE  CHORUS  AND  CHAPEL  ORGAN 


WORKSHOP  FOR  ADULTS 

In  November  our  Salesroom,  for  nearly  twenty  years  located  at 
133  Newbury  Street,  was  discontinued  for  the  duration,  and  the  clerks 
and  their  books  brought  to  the  Workshop  building  in  South  Boston. 
This  move  was  made  not  without  hesitation,  because  it  was  always 
felt  that  a  salesroom  in  the  center  of  the  city  kept  us  before  the  public 
and  was  a  convenience  for  those  who  wished  to  discuss  what  they 
desired  to  have  made  or  renovated.  However,  it  was  an  economy  to 
have  everything  under  one  roof,  and  we  can  credit  that  as  assisting 
us  in  coming  through  the  year  with  less  loss  than  usual  in  the  opera- 
tion of  the  Workshop.  There  was  an  increase  in  the  number  of  mat- 
tresses sent  for  renovation,  and  our  blind  workers  were  paid  a  little 
more  than  last  year. 

Miss  Eva  C.  Robbins,  our  eflBcient  and  painstaking  Salesroom 
manager  for  twenty-eight  years,  retired  this  spring. 

The  Howe  Memorial  Press  did  not  sell  as  many  appliances  and 
games  as  in  other  years,  not  being  able  always  to  get  the  material 
to  make  them,  though  we  did  get  enough  metal  to  make  a  dozen 
shorthand  braille  writers,  each  of  which  will  probably  be  the  means 
of  securing  a  position  for  a  blind  stenographer  or  clerk. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  work  done  and  wages  paid  in 
the  Workshop  Department  during  the  fiscal  years  1942  and  1943: 

19It2  19^3 

Mattresses  received  from  institutions,  etc 1,881  2,001 

Mattresses  received  from  individuals 1,964  1,946 

Total  mattresses  received 3,845  3,947 

Mattresses  received  through  the  Division  of  the  Blind  .  .  .  1,420  1,355 

New  horsehair  sold,  pounds 5,650  6,000 

Customers'  hair  received,  pounds 133,262  134,312 

Mattresses  remade 3,913  3,868 

Chairs  recaned 2,534  2,425 

Wages  paid  to  seamstresses $2,115.29  $2,810.36 

Wages  paid  to  mattress  makers 9,506.92  10,418.53 

Wages  paid  to  chair  caners 4,361.10  4,121.47 

Wages  paid  to  Blind  Artisans 1,337.18         

Total  wages  to  blind  workers $17,320.49      $17,350.36 

Sales  for  the  year.  Workshop  for  Adults  $49,385.25      $52,117.41 

Sales  for  five  months.  Blind  Artisans    5,531.35         

Frank  C.  Bryan. 
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HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS 
Work  Account  for  the  Year  Ending  August  31,  1943 

LiTERATUEE  PaGES  EmBOSSED: 

Upper  School,  books,  tests,  etc 714 

Library  of  Congress,  11  titles  in  36  volumes 6,184 

Music  Pages  Embossed: 

Upper  School,  7  piano  pieces  and  40  songs,  choruses  and 

operettas 568 

Lower  School,  8  piano  pieces 17 

7,488 

Printing: 

Literature  pages 295,652 

Music  pages 46,590 

Miscellaneous 23,211 

365,453 


Made 
Appliances  and  Games  this  year 

Pocket  slates 926 

Desk  slates 652 

Card-marking  slates 

Styluses 6,600 

Erasers 

Perkins  shorthand  braillevsTiters 13 

Stereotyping  machines 2 

Fiber  writing  boards 1,238 

Aluminum  alphabets 

Signature  guides 67 

Geometry  instriunents 197 

Pegboards 70 

Map  cushions 1 

Thermometers 100 

Barometers 

Games: 

Checkers 157 

Dominoes 141 

Puzzle-peg 

Anagrams 24 

Chess 24 

Chinese  checkers 

Playing  cards 195 


Distributed 
this  year 


Total 
1907  to  194S 


777 

24,886 

632 

30,823 

17 

428 

5,973 

121,071 

1,675 

7,926 

6 

67 

2 

2 

848 

19,039 

18 

2,076 

62 

869 

232 

1,297 

64 

968 

1 

127 

76 

580 

16 

82 

229 

5,174 

164 

3,569 

41 

558 

34 

90 

80 

90 

35 

153 

193 

2,263 

Frank  C.  Bryan. 


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Accorsi,  Elizabeth 
Alves,  Anita 
Appleby,  Dorothy 
Ashworth,  David 
Banda,  Theresa 
Bauman,  Bernice 
Berarducci,  Joan 
Berube,  Edmond,  Jr. 
Blakely,  Priscilla 
Blanchette,  Esther 
Boudreau,  Louise 
Bourdon,  Natalie 
Broadbent,  Samuel 
Brooks,  Elizabeth 
Casella,  Grace 
Charles,  Shirley 
Cirella,  Anthony 
Clark,  Richard 
Clarke,  Blakely 
Conley,  John 
Cordeau,  Francis 
Cordeau,  Helen 
Corkiun,  Jacqueline 
Cotter,  Thomas 
Crabb,  Hubert 
Crane,  Richard 
Curtis,  Harold 
Delaney,  Francis 
DeLeat,  Myrtle 
Delorey,  Elizabeth 
Delphia,  Barbara 
Deschene,  Marie 
Devino,  Francis 
Di  Francesco,  John 
Dowdy,  Leonard,  Jr. 
Drake,  Mary 
Drinkwine,  Marjorie 
Eaton,  Richard 


UST  OF  PUPILS 

Upper  School 
1943-1944 

Evensen,  Richard 
Flynn,  John 
Fortes,  Andrew 
Gallagher,  William 
Gaudreau,  Lorraine 
Gaughan,  Evelyn 
George,  Faye 
Gillis,  Allan 
Grover,  Raymond 
Hamer,  Norman 
Hart,  John 
Hayman,  Margaret 
Herron,  Edith 
Herron,  Melina 
Hill,  Gloria 
Jensen,  Lelia 
Johansen,  Nils 
Kenney,  Jeanne 
Khachadoorian,  Gregory 
Kiwior,  Bruno 
Knoll,  Marion 
Lally,  Margaret 
Landi,  Elena 
Larato,  Rose 
Lewis,  Winfield 
Little,  Hollis 
MacDonald,  Hope 
Marrama,  Josephine 
Martinelli,  Mary 
Mcintosh,  Marjorie 
McKenna,  Thomas 
McNally,  Robert 
Medeiros,  Hilda 
Medeiros,  Kathleen 
Melanson,  Theresa 
Metcalf,  Charlene 
Mitchell,  Annie 
Moody,  Wayne 


Moran,  Helena 
Morgan,  Juanita 
Moseley,  Theodore 
Miu-by,  Harriet 
Murphy,  Edward 
Newton,  Robert 
Otero,  Carmella 
Parisi,  Madeline 
Patch,  Joyce 
Peterson,  Edmund 
Piela,  Joseph 
Pizzano,  Doris 
Porcaro,  Helena 
Porcaro,  Marcelline 
Reynolds,  Dorothy 
Rinsen,  Betty 
Robbins,  Mary 
Roode,  Marilyn 
Rosati,  Ettore 
Ryan,  Rita 
Sabin,  Herbert 
Salvati,  Anthony 
Savio,  Ralph 
Shipman,  Gloria 
Silba,  Martel 
Smithdas,  Robert 
St.  Germaine,  Maurice 
Tebbetts,  Margaret 
Tedesco,  Frank 
Tirocchi,  Selma 
Tobey,  Mary 
Walton,  Everett 
Witham,  Allan 
Woodward,  Jacqueline 
Wright,  Louise 
Zagunis,  Bernice 
Zermos,  George 


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Lower  School 


Accorsi,  Rachel 
Addy,  Alan 
Almond,  Donald 
Applebee,  Albert 
Appleby,  Daniel 
Arsnow,  George 
Ayer,  Joan 
Baker,  Amelia 
Banda,  Richard 
Barber,  Dorothy 
Benway,  Myrna 
Bertrand,  Norman 
Blake,  George 
Bouchard,  Edmond 
Boyd,  Janet 
Boyd,  Vernon 
Brooks,  Ira 
Byrnes,  James 
Cahoon,  John 
Catapano,  Mary 
Cayo,  Irene 
Conley,  Paul 
Coy,  Irwin 
Daignault,  Alene 
Dauphinee,  Marice 
Delphia,  Francis 
Delphia,  Helen 
Devine,  James 
Dodge,  Carolyn 
Dostie,  Robert 
Doustou,  Bernadette 
Doyen,  Marjorie 
Faragi,  John 
Faucette,  Nancy 
Fermino,  Robert 
Finnerty,  Joseph 
Fournier,  Arthur 
Fournier,  Raymond 
Frank,  Patricia 


Fraser,  Daniel 
Gasper,  Alfred 
Geddes,  Willard 
Germano,  Manuel 
Greenlaw,  Dorothy 
Haines,  Marylyn  Joy 
Hawthorne,  John,  Jr. 
Holden,  David 
Horigan,  Robert 
Kagan,  Stanley 
Kamis,  Richard 
Lally,  Richard 
LeBlanc,  Joan 
Leh,  George 
Leonard,  Ann 
Leotta,  Louis 
Little,  Donald 
Lopresti,  Joseph,  HI 
Lunden,  Paul 
Marcil,  Sylvia 
Marko,  Laurence 
Martel,  Raymond 
Matthews,  Lucia 
McAuliflfe,  Barbara 
McCafferty,  Hugh 
McClure,  Anne  Marie 
McDonald,  Francis 
Mederios,  Stella 
Merrill,  Nancie 
Morin,  Edmond 
Moreau,  Doris 
Morey,  Elizabeth 
Nicholas,  Oliver 
Nichols,  Barbara 
Nunes,  Ronald 
Olsen,  Gloria 
Paoloni,  Raymond 
Pelkey,  Joyce 
Pereira,  Arthur 


Pevear,  Luella 
Phelps,  Robert 
Piraino,  James 
Pittman,  Edgar 
Polk,  Leonard 
Poole,  Jeanne 
Pushard,  Linwood 
Randall,  Roger 
Rathbun,  Robert 
Raymond,  Carl 
Reynolds,  Carl 
Richards,  John 
Richards,  Paul 
Rogers,  Stephen 
Roy,  Laurent 
Russell,  Patricia 
Ryan,  Judith 
Sardo,  Anton 
Savage,  Charles 
Silveira,  Joseph 
Sim,  Jane 
Skinner,  Gardner 
Smith,  Charles 
Smith,  Edward,  Jr. 
Snow,  Charles 
Snyder,  Edward 
Stevens,  Thelma 
Tyler,  Harry 
Vasapolli,  Joseph 
Veller,  Louis 
Walsh,  William 
Weixler,  Donald 
Wells,  Marion 
White,  Paul 
Whitney,  Barbara 
Yarnell,  Patricia 
Younger,  Lorraine 
Zogas,  Nicholas 


I 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

I.  Acknowledgments  for  Concerts,  Recitals,  and  Dramatics 

To  the  Parish  Platers  of  Winchester  for  invitations  to  dress  rehearsal  of  "The 
Man  Who  Came  to  Dinner." 

II.  Acknowledgments  for  Talks  and  Concerts  in  Our  Hall 

To  Dean  Evan  R.  Collins  of  Harvard  University  for  talk  on  Secondary  Educa- 
tion to  staff  members;  to  Mrs.  Mary  Dranga  Campbell  for  a  chapel  talk  on  "The 
Seeing  Eye";  to  Mrs.  Winifred  H.  Hathaway,  National  Society  for  the  Prevention 
of  Blindness,  for  a  talk  in  chapel  on  George  Washington  Carver;  to  Mrs.  Reginald  S. 
Parker,  Junior  Red  Cross,  for  a  talk  in  chapel;  to  Maurice  I.  Tynan  for  a  talk  in 
chapel;  to  Mrs.  Louise  Nass  Henderson  for  a  talk  on  camps  for  tubercular  children; 
to  Mr.  Henry  Richards  for  talk  at  Howe  Memorial  Exercises;  to  Dr.  H.  B.  C.  Ribmer 
for  lectures  on  Diseases  of  the  Eye. 

To  Mrs.  Mildred  McConnell  of  the  Red  Cross,  for  instruction  in  Home  Nursing 
and  Care  of  the  Sick. 

To  Mr.  Alexander  Houston,  Water  Safety  Instructor  of  the  Red  Cross,  for 
swimming  lessons  to  pupils. 

To  Miss  Barbara  B.  Ingraham  of  the  Elizabeth  Arden  Beauty  Salon  for  a  course 
in  beauty  culture. 

To  the  Cenacle  Convent  and  Boston  College  for  Christmas  parties  and  gifts 
to  the  boys  and  girls. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  W.  Jenkins  for  a  recital  of  pianoforte  and  organ 
music. 

To  the  clergy  of  Watertown  for  chapel  talks  during  the  Lenten  season. 
To  the  patriotic  organizations  of  Watertown  for  exercises  in  commemoration  of 
Memorial  Day. 

III.    Acknowledgments  for  Books  and  Periodicals 

Embossed  Periodicals  —  All  Story  Braille  Magazine,  Arkansas  Braille  News, 
Braille  Courier,  Braille  Book  Review,  Braille  Star  Theophist,  Campus  News,  Catholic 
Review,  Children's  Friend,  Christian  Record,  Christian  Science  Bible  Lessons,  Church 
Herald  for  the  Blind,  Discovery,  The  Evangel,  Forward  Day  by  Day,  Herald  of  Chris- 
tian Science,  Illinois  Braille  Messenger,  The  Illuminator,  Indiana  Recorder,  Inter- 
national Braille  Magazine,  Jewish  Braille  Review,  John  Milton  Magazine,  Junior 
Evangel,  Lions  Juvenile  Braille  Monthly,  Lutheran  Herald  for  the  Blind,  Lutheran 
Messenger  for  the  BUnd,  Lux  Vera,  Maryland  Oriole,  Matilda  Ziegler  Magazine, 
Messenger  of  the  Sightless,  Ohio  Ray,  Our  Special,  Red  and  White,  Reader's  Digest, 
School  Journal,  The  Searchlight,  Texas  Meteor,  Unity  Daily  Word,  Weekly  News, 
Wee  Wisdom. 

Ink  Print  Periodicals  —  Alabama  Messenger,  Arizona  Cactus,  Colorado  Index, 
Dawn,  Desde  las  Sombras,  Du  Pont  Magazine,  Light,  Los  Ciegos,  Maryland  Oriole, 

45 


Ohio  Chronicle,  Ohio  Ray,  Optimist,  Our  Dumb  Animals,  Red  and  White,  Rocky 
Mountain  Leader,  Royer-Greaves  Monthly,  St.  Dunstan's  Review,  The  Seer,  Utah 
Eagle,  Virginia  Guide,  Welfare  Bulletin,  West  Virginia  Tablet. 

To  Barbara  B.  Berry,  Louise  W.  Coxe,  Marion  W.  Eldredge,  Abbt  R.  Field, 
Cyvia  Giuvian,  Madeline  R.  Hall,  Grace  G.  Hallowell,  Elva  L.  Hawkes, 
Edith  A.  Hemingway,  Winifred  M.  Hight,  Edith  L,  Hunnewell,  Madelienb 
Jacobs,  Grace  Jennings,  Florence  L.  Klein,  Ruth  Massey,  Anna  C.  S.  Meserve, 
Muriel  Morton,  Georgia  Capen  No  yes,  Anna  Nelson  Olmsted,  Ethel  M.  Quinn, 
Edith  L.  Schmidt,  Frieda  Sternberg,  Dorothy  C.  Waugh,  Sylvia  Weld,  for  hand- 
transcribed  books  for  the  Lower  School. 

To  LiLLEY  M.  France,  Winifred  M.  Hight,  Mary  Holbrook,  Sidney  Nill, 
Helen  Boyle  Wheeler,  for  hand-transcribed  books  for  the  circulating  library  of  the 
Upper  School. 

To  Julia  E.  Buknham,  Walter  E.  Butler,  Committee  for  Christian  Litera- 
ture, Federated  Garden  Clubs  of  New  York,  Emmet  Fox,  Katherine  Haben, 
WPA  Projects  of  Brockton,  Boston  and  Worcester,  for  embossed  books. 

To  Clarke  School,  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  Mrs.  N.  A.  Merritt,  Jr.,  Paul  L. 
Neal,  Mrs.  E.  G.  Rogers,  for  ink  print  books. 

To  the  American  Printing  House  for  the  Blind,  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and 
its  patrons,  for  Talking  Book  copies  of  the  Reader's  Digest. 

To  Boston  Metropolitan  Chapter,  American  Red  Cross,  for  binding  many 
copies  of  hand-transcribed  books. 

IV.     Acknowledgments  of  Gifts 

To  the  Daughters  of  Vermont  for  Christmas  gifts  for  the  children  of  Vermont; 
to  the  Shaavmut  Lodge  for  a  donation  of  money  to  be  spent  for  the  benefit  of  pupils 
at  Christmas  time;  to  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind  for  gifts  of  clothing  and 
Christmas  gifts  for  the  pupils;  to  the  Lions  Club  of  Boston  for  Christmas  gifts  and 
Christmas  baskets  for  twelve  families;  to  the  Firnabank  Club  of  Boston  for  Christmas 
presents  for  children  in  the  Lower  School. 

To  Nils  Monson,  Miss  Ellen  Gleason,  Mrs.  John  P.  Morine,  Dr.  G.  N. 
Bishop,  and  Mrs.  Harry  Haine,  for  donations  of  money. 

To  David  Baird  and  the  Dean  Foundation  for  gifts  of  money  for  needy  children. 

To  Mrs.  Moses  D.  Feldman  for  gift  of  money  on  the  anniversary  of  the  death 
of  her  mother;  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  A.  Feinberg  for  gift  of  money  on  fiftieth 
wedding  anniversary. 

To  John  Wiggin  and  John  H.  Hall  for  gifts  of  money  in  memory  of  Mrs.' 
Laura  E.  Richards. 

To  Mrs.  Henry  Freidman  and  Mrs.  Thomas  McKenna  for  donations  of 
clothing. 

To  Frazee  Organ  Company  for  the  loan  of  Organ  Exhibit  for  Museum  use;  to 
Chase  National  Bank  of  New  York  City  for  loan  of  collection  of  money;  to  the 
Agassiz  Museum  of  Harvard  for  gift  of  strategic  minerals;  to  Ha  yd  en  Costume 
Company  for  loan  of  uniforms  and  armor,  for  use  in  Museum  Committee's  exhibition. 

To  the  Chestnut  Street  Junior  High  School  of  Springfield,  the  Buckingham 
Junior  High  School  of  Springfield,  and  the  Balliot  School  of  Springfield,  for  Red 
Cross  stuffed  toys;  to  the  Junior  High  School  in  Winchester,  Mass.,  for  covers  for 
greeting  cards;  to  the  Forest  Park  Junior  High  School  in  Springfield  for  Christmas 
cards. 

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EXHIBITS  OF  THE  MONTH 


To  Forest  Park  Jxinior  High  School  for  fourteen  braille  calendars  —  art 
designs  and  braille  done  by  Braille  Club. 

To  Springfield  Chapter  Jxtnior  Red  Cross,  Springfield,  Mass.,  Marion  C. 
HiBERT,  Director,  eighty-seven  braille  gift  books. 

To  Willing  Workers'  Club  of  Bates  Junior  High  School  for  collection  of  braille 
gift  books. 

To  the  Washington  School  and  the  Chestnut  Street  School  in  Springfield 
for  Easter  novelties. 

To  Miss  Clare  E.  Blum  for  Montessori  sand-paper  letters,  one  set  capitals,  one 
set  small  letters,  cut-out  pasteboard  pink  letters  for  word  building,  formerly  owned 
by  her  aunt  who  transcribed  braille  for  Red  Cross. 

To  Walter  E.  Butler  for  gift  of  dominoes  and  moon  type  books;  to  Lois  Dwight 
for  braillewriter. 

To  John  K.  Allen  for  set  of  French  lesson  records;  to  Mrs.  Philip  K.  Brown 
for  one  hundred  Ampeco  Music  Rolls;  to  Mrs.  Robert  H.  Gross  for  three  large 
pictures. 

To  Mr.  Joseph  Schmitt  of  Brookline  for  transcribing  into  braille  two  chapters 
from  "A  Bird's  Eye  View  of  Jewish  History"  for  Jewish  students  in  religious  education. 

To  Rabbi  Mantel,  Rabbi  Bressler,  Rabbi  Landau  for  their  services  in  teach- 
ing religion  to  Jewish  pupils. 

To  Boston  Committee  for  the  Blind  for  tickets  to  Temple  services  and  for 
sending  boys  to  summer  camp. 

To  the  St.  Raphael's  Guild  for  monthly  teas  at  the  Cenacle  Convent,  for  Catholic 
girls. 

To  Mrs.  Newton  A.  Merritt  for  "Tales  of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  with  Miscel- 
laneous Poems,"  by  John  R.  Burnet. 

To  Miss  Louise  W.  Case  for  a  Baby  Stein  way  Grand  Piano;  to  Bryant  and 
Stratton  College  for  two  large  desks;  to  Father  Connolly  for  several  violins. 

To  Mrs.  Elizabeth  F.  Underwood  for  gift  of  money  to  be  used  for  Camp  Allen; 
to  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  for  camp  scholarships  for  two  girls. 

To  the  Travellers'  Aid  for  assistance;  to  the  Forsyth  Dental  School  for 
services  to  pupils. 


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STATEMENT  OF  ACCOUNTS 

Boston,  Massachusetts, 
October  18,  1943. 
To  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind: 

I  have  audited  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Institution  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  August  31,  1943,  and  have  found  that  all  income  from  investments  and  proceeds 
from  sale  of  securities  have  been  accounted  for,  and  that  the  donations,  miscellaneous 
receipts,  as  shown  by  the  books,  have  been  deposited  in  bank  to  the  credit  of  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Institution. 

I  have  vouched  all  disbursements  and  verified  the  bank  balances  as  at  the  close 
of  the  fiscal  year. 

All  of  the  securities,  as  shown  by  the  books,  were  properly  accounted  for  by 
certification  of  the  custodian. 

In  my  opinion,  the  accompanying  statements,  covering  the  Institution,  Howe 
Memorial  Press  Fund,  and  Kindergarten,  correctly  set  forth  the  income  and  expenses 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  August  31,  1943. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

John  Montgomery, 
Certified  Public  Accountant. 

INSTITUTION 
Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1943 
Assets 
Plant: 

Real  estate,  Watertown,  less  depreciation $   358,884.46 

Real  estate.  South  Boston 91,000.00 

Real  estate,  Boston,  less  depreciation 40,525.58   $    490,410.04 

Equipment: 

Tools,  etc $       5,728.50 

Furniture  and  household 9,600.93 

Music  Department 24,855.80 

Library  Department 126,775.33 

Works  Department 25,212.77        192,173.33 

Investments: 

Real  estate,  less  depreciation $   215,871.34 

Securities 2,317,262.23 

Securities,  Varnum  Fund 201,031.50 

Mortgages  receivable 4,814.91      2,738,979.98 

Inventory  of  provisions  and  supplies 14,804.58 

Accounts  receivable 13,085.44 

Cash  on  hand 86,836.69 

Total $3,536,290.06 

Liabilities 

General  account $    202,678.94 

Funds  and  legacies: 

General $2,420,417.62 

Permanent 611,015.51 

Special 269,323.44  3,300,756.57 

Unexpended  income,  special  funds 14,564.31 

Accounts  payable 6,562.95 

Vouchers  payable 1,354.19 

Withholding  tax 373.10 

Reserve  for  deferred  maintenance 10,000.00 

Total $3,536,290.06 

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Tbeastjrer's  Condensed  Income  Account 
Year  Ending  August  31, 1943 

Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes $     97,514.51 

Interest  from  special  funds 10,785.34 

Interest  and  dividends,  Varnum  Fund 9,618.97 

$117,918.82 

Less:  Rent  net  loss 808.25   $    117,110.57 

Donations 5,334.95 

Annuities 1,149.43 

Tuition  and  board,  Massachusetts $     35,100.00 

Tuition  and  board,  others 26,792.50  61,892.50 

Total $    185,487.45 

Less:  Special  fund  income  to  special  fund  accounts 10,785.34 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes $    174,702.11 

Expenses: 

Pensions $      6,618.00 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses 2,710.37 

Depreciation  and  expense,  133  Newbury  Street 462.87 

Fire  insurance  premiums 451.93 

War  risk  insurance 769.80 

Net  charge  to  Director  (see  detailed  statement)  ....  168,451.15        179,464.12 

Expenses  in  excess  of  income $       4,762.01 

Dihector's  Expense  Accoxtnt 

Institution  and  Kindergarten  Combined 

Year  Ending  August  31,  1943 
Administration: 

Salaries $  19,699.07 

Supplies 2,258.11 

Telephone  and  telegraph 2,092.37 

Publicity 1,018.71   $      25,068.26 

Special  departments: 

Library  salaries $    4,043.72 

Library  supplies 661.67  $      4,705.39 

Health  salaries $    5,145.00 

Health  supplies 1,405.98          6,550.98 

Hospitalization 568.79 

Personnel  salaries $     8,047.60 

Personnel  supplies 354.40          8,402.00          20,227.16 

Education: 

Literary  salaries $  38,532.24 

Literary  supplies 1,686.38  $    40,218,62 

Manual  training  salaries $  14,685.00 

Manual  training  supplies 110.88        14,795.88 

Music  salaries $  11,600.00 

Music  supplies 616.25        12,216.25 

Depreciation  Music  Department 452.80 

Deaf-blind  salaries $    8,988.00 

Deaf-blind  supplies 101.29          9,089.29          76,772.84 

Household: 

Salaries $    39,117.83 

Food 39,435.95 

Furnishings  and  supplies 4,042.39 

Laundry  salaries 4,335.00 

Laundry  supphes 569.95 

Depreciation  on  furnishings  and  household  equipment  1,845.53          89,346.65 

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Maintenance : 

Engineers'  salaries $16,303.25 

Light,  heat,  power,  repairs,  and  supplies      29,355.21     $  45,658.46 

Building  salaries $  10,1 15.88 

Building  supplies  and  repairs 4,272.99        14,388.87 

Ground  sala;ries $    8,494.23 

Ground  supplies 787.01  9,281.24 

Depreciation  on  buildings,  Watertown 26,167.88 

Depreciation  on  tools  and  equipment 1,447.27        $96,943.72 

Other  expenses: 

Automobile '$  1,334.90 

Liability  and  automobile  insurance  ....  1,661.45 
Pension  retirement  plan ....     $6,398.31 
Less:  contributed  by  employees  3,560.45 

2,837.86 

Loss  on  bad  debts 37.35 

Industrial  Department 256.69 

Tuning  Department 3,273.99 

Provision  for  deferred  maintenance.  .  .  .  10,000.00 

Net  loss:  Works  Department 1.475.82    $  20,878.06 

Less:  Credits: 

Discounts $       316.36 

Industrial  Department 371.49 

Tuning  income 3,605.80 

Bad  debts  recovered 197.70  4,491.35  16,386.71 

Net  charge  to  Director $    324,745.34 

Amount  applicable  to  Institution  Department $  168,451.15 

Amount  applicable  to  Kindergarten  Department 156,294.19 

324,745.34 

Income  Special  Funds 

On  hand  September  1,  1942 $13,273.39 

Add:  Income  1942-1943 10,785.34 

Total $24,058.73 

Distributed 9,494.42 

Unexpended  income  August  31,  1943 $14.564.31 

WORKS  DEPARTMENT 
Balance  Sheet.  August  31,  1943 

Assets 

Cash $  1,843.63 

Accounts  receivable 5,249.59 

Merchandise  inventory 11,399.06 

Machinery  and  tools 3,567.78 

Furniture  and  fixtures 3,027.58 

Automobile  trucks 310.01 

Total $25,397.65 

Liabilities 

Withholding  tax   $      184.88 

Main  office $26,688.59 

Less:  Net  loss 1,475.82 

25,212.77 

Total $25,397.65 

Revenue 
Sales $52,117.41 

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Expenditures 

Materials  used $15,844.18 

Salaries  and  wages 33,325.73 

General  expense 2,558.27 

Automobile  trucks,  expense 904.23 

Total  expenditures $  52,632.41 


Loss 

Add:  Depreciation  on  fixed  assets. 
Loss  on  bad  debts 


865.66 
169.84 


Less:  Bad  debts  recovered  . 
Miscellaneous  income . 


$  3.81 
70.87 


$1,035.50 
74.68 


$        515.00 


960.82 


Net  loss  for  the  year  ending  August  31, 19^ $    1,475.82 


Special  funds: 


INSTITUTION  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1943 


Anonymous $         100.00 

Charles  S.  Adams  (Christmas  Fund) 200.00 

Robert  C.  Billings  (for  deaf,  dumb  and  blind) ......  4,000.00 

Mary  Alice  Butler  (for  reading  matter  for  the  blind)  3,703.62 

Deaf-Blind  Fund 71,401.88 

John  D.  Fisher  (education  teachers  and  others)  ....  5,230.00 

Joseph  B.  Glover  (for  blind  and  deaf) 5,000.00 

John  Goldthwait  Fund  (charitable) 1,333.15 

Harris  Fund  (outdoor  relief) 26,667.00 

Henry  Clay  Jackson  Fund  (for  deaf -blind) 83,456.60 

Maria  Kemble  Oliver  Fund  (concert  tickets) 15,000.00 

Prescott  Fund  (education  teachers  and  others) 21,231.45 

Elizabeth  P.  Putnam  (higher  education) 1,000.00 

Richard  M.  Saltonstall  (use  Trustees) 3,000.00 

A.  Shuman  Clothing  Fund 1,000.00 

Augustine  Shurleff  Fund  (for  deaf,  dumb  and  blind)  1,750.00 
Anne  E.  Stodder  (to  find  employment  for  blind  workers)  3,000.00 

Thomas  Stringer  Fund  (care  of  T.  S.,  etc.) 15,880.32 

Julia  E.  Turner  (education  of  worthy  needy) 6,369.42 


$269,323.44 


Permanent  Funds  (income  for 

Georee  Baird  Fund 

Charles  Tidd  Baker  Fund 

Charlotte  Billings  Fund 

Frank  W.  Boles 

Stoddard  Capen  Fund 

Jennie  M.  Colby,  in  memory  of. . 

Ella  Newman  Curtis  Fund 

Stephen  Fairbanks 

David  H.  Fanning 

Helen  Osborne  Gary 

Harris  Fund  (general  purposes) . . 

Harriet  S.  Hazeltine  Fund 

Benjamin  Humphrey 

Prentiss  M.  Kent 

Sir  Charles  W.  Lindsay 

Kate  M.  Morse  Fund 

Jonathan  E.  Pecker 

Richard  Perkins 


general  purposes) : 

$12,895.21  Henry  L.  Pierce 

16,561.17  Mrs.  Marilla  L.  Pitts,  in  memory  of 

40,507.00  Frederick  W.  Prescott,  endowment 

76,329.02  Frank  Davison  Rust  Memorial  . . 

13,770.00  Samuel  E.  Sawyer 

100.00  Margaret  A.  Simpson 

2,000.00  Charles  Frederick  Smith  Fund. . . 

10,000.00  Timothy  Smith 

5,010.56  Mary  Lowell  Stone  Fund 

10,000.00  George  W.  Thym  Fund 

53,333.00  Alfred  T.  Turner 

5,000.00  Thomas  Uphara  Fund 

25,000.00  Lfvina  B.  Urbino 

2,500.00  William  Varnum  Fund 

9,008.93  Ann  White  Vose 

5,000.00  Charles  L.  Young 

950.00 
20,000.00 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) : 


Elizabeth  B.  Allen 

Nora  Ambrose,  in  memory  of. 

James  H.  Anderson 

James  H.  Anderson 

Charlotte  H.  Andrews 

Ellen  S.  Bacon 

Elizabeth  B.  Bailey 


$    500.00  Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker 

300.00  Calvin  W.  Barker 

62.25  Lucy  B.  Barker,  in  memory  of.  . . 

28,303.92  Francis  Bartlett 

15,169.87  Elizabeth  Howard  Bartol 

5,000.00  Mary  Bartol 

3,000.00  Thompson  Baxter 


$  20,000.00 

5,000.00 

25,338.95 

4,000.00 

2,174.77 

968.57 

8,663.00 

2,000.00 

4,000.00 

5,054.66 

1,000.00 

4,950.00 

500.00 

201,408.67 

12,991.00 

5,000.00 

$611,015.51 


$2,500.00 
1,859.32 
5,953.21 
2,500.00 
5,000.00 
300.00 
322.60 


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General  funds  (principal  and 

Samuel  Benjamin 

Robert  C.  Billings 

George  Nixon  Black 

Susan  A.  Blaisdell 

Dehon  Blake 

Mary  Blight 

William  T.  Bolton 

George  W.  Boyd 

Caroline  E.  Boyden 

Mary  I.  Brackett 

J.  Putnam  Bradlee 

Charlotte  A.  Bradstreet 

Ellen  F.Bragg 

Max  Brenner 

Lucy  S.  Brewer 

Florence  N.  Bridgman 

J.  Edward  Brown 

Maria  A.  Burnham 

T.  q.  H.  P.  Burnham 

Abbie  Y.  Burr 

Annie  E.  Caldwell 

Emma  C.  Campbell 

Lydia  E.  Carl 

Ellen  G.  Cary 

Katherine  F.  Casey 

Edward  F.  Cate 

Robert  R.  Centro,  in  memory  of . 

Fanny  Channing 

Emily  D.  Chapman 

Mary  F.  Cheever 

Ida  May  Chickering 

Laura  Cohen 

Ann  Eliza  Colburn 

Susan  J.  Conant 

William  A.  Copeland 

Augusta  E.  Corbin 

Jennie  L.  Cox 

Louise  F.  Crane 

W.  Murray  Crane 

Harriet  Otis  Cruft 

David  Cummings 

Arthur  B.  Curtis 

Chastine  L.  Cushing 

I.  W.  Danforth 

Kate  Kimball  Danforth 

Charles  L.  Davis 

Etta  S.  Davis 

Susan  L.  Davis 

Joseph  Descalzo 

Elsie  C.  Disher 

John  H.  Dix 

Mary  Frances  Drown 

Alice  J.  H.  Dwinell 

Amelia  G.  Dyer 

EllaL  Eaton 

Mary  Agnes  Eaton 

Mary  E.  Eaton 

William  Eaton 

David  J.  Edwards 

Ann  J.  Ellis 

A.  Silver  Emerson 

Martha  S.  Ensign 

Orient  H.  Eustis 

Eugene  Fanning 

Sarah  M.  Parr 

Mortimer  C.  Ferris  Memorial  . . . 

Annie  M.  Findley 

Anna  G.  Fish _. 

Thomas  B.  Fitzpatrick 

John  Forrest 

Ann  Maria  Fosdick 

Nancy  H.  Fosdick 

Sarah  E.  Foster 

Mary  Helen  Freeman 

Cornelia  Anne  French 

Martha  A.  French 

Ephraim  L.  Frothingham 

Jessie  P.  Fuller 

Thomas  Gaffield 

Albert  Glover 

Joseph  B.  Glover 


income  for  general  purposes)  —  Continued 

$       250.00            Benjamin  H.  Goldsmith $  11,199.68 

25,000.00             Charlotte  L.  Goodnow 6,471.23 

10,000.00             Maria  W.  Goulding 2,332.48 

5,832.66             Charles  G.  Green 39,328.65 

500.00             Amelia  Greenbaum 500.00 

6,042.50            Mary  Louise  Gieenleaf 199,189.94 

555.22            Ellen  Page  Hall 10,037.78 

5,000.00             Ellen  Hammond 1,000.00 

1,930.39            Hattie  S.  Hathaway 500.00 

5,263.33            Jerusha  F.  Hathaway 5,000.00 

292,391.24            Lucy  Hathaway 4,577.00 

23,273.49  Edward  J.  and  Georgia  M. 

8,006.68                Hathorne  Fund 50,017.68 

200.00             Charles  H.  Hayden 32,461.01 

10,215.36            John  C.  Haynes 1,000.00 

500.00             Mary  E.  T.  Healy 200.00 

100,000.00  Alice  Cushing  Hersey,  in  memory 

10,000.00                of 3,000.00 

5,000.00            Joseph  H.  Hey  wood 500.00 

200.00            Ira  Hiland 3,893.37 

4,000.00            Stanley  B.  Hildreth 5,000.00 

1,000.00             George  A.  Hill 100.00 

3,412.01             Margaret  A.  Holden 3,708.32 

50,000.00            Theodore  C.  Hollander 3,016.00 

100.00             Margaret  J.  Hourihan 200.00 

5,000.00  Charles  Sylvester  Hutchinson  . .  .  2,156.00 

10,000.00            Katharine  C.  Ircson 52,037.62 

2,000.00            Eliza  J.  Kean 59,209.91 

1,000.00            Marie  L.  Keith 2,000.00 

200.00             Harriet  B.  Kempster 1,144.13 

1,052.03             Ernestine  M.  Kettle 9,975.00 

87.00            B.  Marion  Keyes 6,350.00 

5,000.00            Lulu  S.  Kimball 10,000.00 

500.00             Grace  W.  King 100.00 

1,000.00            Lydia  F.  Knowles 50.00 

20,644.82            Davis  Krokyn 100.00 

1,948.60             Catherine  M.  Lamson 6,000.00 

5,000.00            James  J.  Lamson 750.00 

10,000.00            Susan  M.  Lane 815.71 

6,000.00            Jane  Leader 3,544.31 

7,723.07            Lewis  A.  Leland 415.67 

1,722.25             Benjamin  Levy 500.00 

500.00            E.  E.  Linderholm 505.56 

2,500.00            William  Litchfield 7,951.48 

250.00             Mary  L  Locke 8,361.89 

1,000.00            Hannah  W.  Loring 9,500.00 

8,027.87            Adolph  S.  Lundin 100.00 

1,500.00            Susan  B.  Lyman 4,809.78 

1,000.00            Mary  Ella  Mann 250.00 

163,250.07            Blanche  O.sgood  Mansfield 1,000.00 

10,000.00            Stephen  W.  Marston 5,000.00 

20,764.70            Elizabeth  S.  Martin 1,000.00 

200.00            William  H.  Maynard 22,821.56 

40,04.3.00             Cora  Mclntire 6,075.00 

1,669.50             Charles  Merriam 1,000.00 

3,660.91             Mary  H.Miller 1,512.50 

5,000.00             George  Montgomery 5,140.00 

500.00            Martha  H.  Morss 3,000.00 

500.00  Louise  Chandler  Moulton  Bequest  7,891.65 

1,023.00            Mary  A.  Muldoon 100.00 

500.00            Sarah  M.  Nathan 500.00 

2,505.48            Jo.seph  F.  Noera 2,000.00 

500.00            Richard  W.  Nutter 2,000.00 

50.00            Ella  Nye 50.00 

64,247.43            Emily  C.  O'Shea 1,000.00 

1,000.00            Sarah  Irene  Parker 699.41 

500.00            William  Prentiss  Parker 2,500.00 

10,583.25             George  Francis  Parkman 60,000.00 

1,000.00            Grace  Parkman 500.00 

1,000.00            Philip  G.  Peabody 1,200.00 

14,333.79            Elizabeth  W.  Perkins 2,000.00 

3,937.21            Ellen  F.  Perkins 2,500.00 

200.00            Edward  D.  Peters 500.00 

1,000.00            Clara  F.  Pierce 2,005.56 

10,000.00            Clara  J.  Pitts 2,000.00 

164.40            George  F.  Poland 75.00 

825.97            Elizabeth  B.  Porter 5,449.50 

200.00            George  M.  Whidden  Porter 22,700.48 

6,685.38            Sarah  E.  Pratt 2,988.34 

1,000.00            Sarahs.  Pratt 5,000.00 

5,000.00            Francis  I.  Proctor 10,000.00 

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General  funds  (principal  and 

Grace  E.  Reed 

Carrie  P.  Reid 

Leonard  H.  Rhodes 

Mabelle  H.  Rice 

Matilda  B.  Richardson 

William  L.  Richardson 

Anne  Augusta  Robinson 

Julia  M.  Roby 

Mary  L.  Ruggles 

Elizabeth  H.  Russell 

Marian  Russell 

Nancy  E.  Rust 

Emily  E.  St.  John 

Joseph  Schofield 

Sarah  E.  Seabury 

Richard  Black  Sewell 

Charles  F.  Sherman 

Robert  F.  Shurtleff 

Carrie  Etta  Silloway 

John  Simonds 

Ellen  V.  Smith 

Esther  W.  Smith 

Sarah  F.  Smith 

The  Maria  Spear  Bequest  for  the 

Blind 

Henry  F.  Spencer 

Charlotte  S.  Sprague 

Adella  E.  Stannard 

Cora  N.  T.  Stearns 

Henry  A.  Stickney 

Lucretia  J.  Stoehr 

Joseph  C.  Storey 

Edward  C.  Sullivan 

Sophronia  S.  Sunbury 

Emma  B.  Swasey 

Mary  F.  Swift 

William  Taylor 


income  for  general  purposes)  —  Concluded 

$     5,054.25  Joanna  C.  Thompson $     1,000  00 

679.51             William  Timlin 7,820  00 

1.012.77  Alice  W.  Torrey 71,560.00 

3,750.00            Evelyn  Wyman  Towle 5,820  00 

300.00            Sarah  E.  Trott 2,885.86 

50,000.00             Mary  Wilson  Tucker 481.11 

212.20             George  B.  Upton 10,000.00 

500.00             Maude  C.  Valentine 1,884.22 

3,000.00             Charles  A.  Vialle 1,990.00 

500.00            Abbie  T.  Vose 1,000.00 

5,000.00            Nancie  S.  Vose 300.00 

2,640.00            Horace  W.  Wadleigh 2,000.00 

5,015.00            Joseph  K.  Wait 3,000.00 

2.500.00  Harriet  Ware 1,952.02 

3.116.01  AUena  F.  Warren 2,828.33 

25,000.00             William  H.  Warren 4,073.17 

2,000.00            Charles  F.  Webber 30,915.93 

1,432.94             Eleanore  C.  Weld 5,314.95 

5,429.88            Mary  Ann  P.  Weld 2,000.00 

50.00             Oliver  M.  Wentworth 300.00 

25,000.00            Cordelia  H.  Wheeler 800.00 

5,000.00            Opha  J.  Wheeler 3,086.77 

3,000.00            Sarah  L.  Whitmarsh 2,000.00 

Samuel  Brenton  Whitney 1,000.00 

15,000.00            Adelia  C.  Williams 1,000.00 

1,000.00            Judson  Williams 3,628.46 

13,222.56  Lucv  B.  Willson,  in  memory  of  .  .  800.00 

1.631.78  Mehitable  C.  C.  Wilson 543.75 

53,558.50            Esther  F.  Wright 6,006.38 

2,410.00            Thomas  T.  Wyman 20,000.00 

2,967.26            Fanny  Young 8,000.00 

122,531.58            William  B.  Young 1,000.00 

2,000.00  

365.19  $2,420,417.62 

2,250.00  

1,391.00  $3,300,756.57 

893.36  = 


HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1943 

Special  funds: 

Adeline  A.  Douglas  (printing  raised  characters)  ....  $  5,000.00 

Harriet  S.  Hazeltine  (printing  raised  characters)  ....  2,000.00 

Thomas  D.  Roche  (publication  non-sectarian  books) .  1,883.84 

J.  Pauline  Schenki  (printing) 10,955.26 

Deacon  Stephen  Stickney  Fund  (books,  maps  and 

charts) 5,000.00 

General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) : 

Beggs  Fund $    900.00 

Joseph  H.  Center 1,000.00 

Augusta  Wells 10,290.00 


$24,839,10 


12,190.00 


$37,029.10 


HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUND 

Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1943 

Assets 
Equipment  and  supplies: 

Machinery $  2,433.80 

Furniture  and  Bxtures 147.16 

Printing  inventory 2,219.90 

Appliances  inventory 4,109.41 

Embossing  inventory 463.20 

Stationery,  etc.,  inventory 2,577.80 


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$  11,951.27 


Investments: 

Securities $  296,836.75 

Accounts  receivable 1,598.72 

Cash  on  hand 3,551.73 

Total $313,938.47 

Liabilities 

General  account $276,179.04. 

Funds  and  legacies: 

Special $  24,839.10 

General 12,190.00 

37,029.10 

Accounts  payable 600.00 

Withholding  tax 130.33 

Total $313,938.47 


Treasurer's  Condensed  Income  Account 

Year  Ending  August  31,  1943 

Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes $  13,504.60 

Interest  and  dividends,  special  funds 1,181.70 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes $  14,686.30 

Expenses: 

Pensions $    400.00 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses 103.99 

Net  charge  to  Manager  (see  detailed  statement) 14,178.25 

14,682.24 

Income  in  excess  of  expenses $  4.06 


Manager's  Expense  Account 

Year  Ending  August  31,  1943 

Maintenance  and  operation  of  plant: 

Embossing $6,099.02 

Printing 7,286.28 

Appliances 7,491.72 

Stationery 262.44 

Library 1,087.00 

Depreciation  on  machinery  and  equipment 220.10 

Salaries 2,800.00 

Miscellaneous  379.25 

Pension  retirement  plan $203.72 

Less:  contributed  by  employees 111.12 

92.60 

Loss  on  bad  debts 6.56 

$  25,724.97 

Less: 

Discounts $    8.67 

Sale  of  appliances 5,621.04 

Sale  of  books,  music,  etc 5,592.58 

Bad  debts  recovered .90 

Miscellaneous  income 323.53          11,546.72 

Net  charge  to  Manager $  14,178.25 

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KINDERGARTEN 
Balancb  Sheet,  August  31,  1943 
Assets 
Plant: 

Real  estate,  Watertown,  less  depreciation $    293,230.25 

Equipment: 

Furniture  and  household $      7,157.25 

Tools,  etc 3,424.90 

Music  Department 7,700.00 

Library  Department 86.59 

18,368.74 

Investments: 

Real  estate,  less  depreciation $  329,680.74 

Securities 2,308,573.97 

2,638,254.71 

Inventory  of  provisions  and  supplies 14,148.53 

Accounts  receivable 23,385.28 

Cash  on  hand 71,598.78 

Total $3,058,986.29 

Liabilities 

Genera]  account $    717,292.76 

Funds  and  legacies: 

General $2,049,073.19 

Permanent 253,968.22 

Special 19,485.35 

2,322,526.76 

Unexpended  income,  special  funds 7,81 4.32 

Vouchers  payable 994.45 

Accounts  payable 40.00 

Withholding  tax 318.00 

Reserve  for  deferred  maintenance 10,000.00 

Total $3,058,986.29 

Treastjeer's  Condensed  Income  Account 
Year  Ending  August  31,  1943 

Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes $104,100.35 

Interest  from  deaf-blind  fund 2,548.25 

Interest  from  special  funds  for  deaf-blind 3,768.26 

Interest  from  special  funds 1,266.57 

Miscellaneous  income 62.63 

Rent:  Net  income 5,802.09 

$117,548.15 

Tuition  and  board,  Massachusetts $40,810.00 

Tuition  and  board,  others 34,893.00 

75,703.00 

Total $193,251.15 

Less:  Special  fund  income  to  special  fund  accounts 1,266.57 

Net  income  available  for  general  -purposes $191,984.58 

Expenses: 

Pensions $     7,410.00 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses 2,710.55 

Fire  insurance  premiums 348.59 

War  risk  insurance 675.00 

Net  charge  to  Director  (see  detailed  statement,  Insti- 
tution Department) 156,294.19 

167,438.33 

Income  in  excess  of  expenses $  24,546.25 

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INCOME  SPECIAL  FUNDS 

On  hand,  September  1,  1942 

Add:  Income  1942-1943   

Total 

Distributed 

Unexpended  income  August  31,  1943 

KiNDEKGABTEN  FtTNDS,  AuGUST  31,  1943 


Special  funds: 

Glover  Funds  for  Blind-Deaf  Mutes  $ 
Ira  Hiland  (income  to  W.  E.  R.  for 


life). 


Emeline  Morse  Lane  Fund  (books) 
Leonard  and  Jerusha  Hyde  Boom 


1,054.10 

1,000.00 
1,000.00 
4,000.00 


Dr.    Ruey    B.    Stevens'    Charity 

Fund 

Lucy  H.  Stratton  (Anagnos  Cot- 


$7,362.27 
1,266.57 


$8,628.84 
814.52 

$7,814.32 


$  5,500.00 


Permanent  funds  (income  for  general  purposes) : 

Albert  Glover 

Martha  R.  Hunt 

Mrs.  Jerome  Jones  Fund . 
Charles  Larned . 


$24,845.36 
5,692.47 


Charles  Tidd  Baker  Fund 

Mary  D.  Balfour  Fund 

William  Leonard  Benedict,  Jr., 

Memorial 1,000.00 

Samuel  A.  Borden 4,675.00 

A.  A.  C,  in  Memoriam 500.00 

Helen  G.  Coburn 9,980.10 

Charles  Wells  Cook 5,000.00 

M.  Jane  Wellington  Danforth  Fund  10,000.00 

Caroline  T.  Downes 12,950.00 

Charles  H.  Draper  Fund 23,934.13 

Eliza  J.  Bell  Draper  Fund 1,500.00 

Helen  Atkins  Edmands  Memorial  5,000.00 

George  R.  Emerson 5,000.00 

Mary  Eveleth 1,000.00 

Eugenia  F.  Farnham 1,015.00 

Susan  W.  Farwell 500.00 

John  Foster 5,000.00 

The  Luther  and  Mary  Gilbert  Fund  8,541.77 


Elisha  T.  Loring 

George  F.  Parkman 

Catherine  P.  Perkins 

Edith  Rotch 

Frank  Davison  Rust  Memorial.  . . 

Caroline  O.  Seabury 

Phoebe  Hill  Simpson  Fund 

Eliza  Sturgis  Fund 

Abby  K.  Sweetser 

Hannah  R.  Sweetser  Fund 

Mrs.  Harriet  Taber  Fund 

Levina  B.  Urbino 

The  May  Rosevear  White  Fund  . 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) : 


Emilie  Albee 

Lydia  A.  Allen 

Michael  Anagnos 

Harriet  T.  Andrew 

Martha  B.  Angell 

Mrs.  William  Appleton .  . 

Elizabeth  H.  Bailey 

Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker 

Ellen  M.  Baker 

Mary  D.  Barrett 

Nancy  Bartlett  Fund .  .  . 

Sidney  Bartlett 

Emma  M.  Bass 

Sarah  E.  J.  Baxter 

Thompson  Baxter 

Robert  C.  Billings 

Harriet  M.  Bowman .  .  .  . 

Sarah  Bradford 

Helen  C.  Bradlee 

J.  Putnam  Bradlee 

Charlotte  A.  Bradstreet. 

Ellen  F.  Bragg 

Lucy  S.  Brewer 

Sarah  Crocker  Brewster . 
Ellen  Sophia  Brown .... 
Rebecca  W.  Brown .  .  .  .  , 
Harriet  Tilden  Browne  .  . 
Katherine  E.  BuIIard.  .. 

Annie  E.  Caldwell 

John  W.  Carter ....... 

Kate  H.  Chamberlin  .  .  . 
Adeline  M.  Chapin .  .  .  .  , 

Benjamin  P.  Cheney.  .  . 

Fanny  C.  Coburn 

Charles  H.  Colburn .... 

Helen  Collamore 

Anna  T.  Coolidge ...... 

Mrs.  Edward  Cordis .  .  . 
Sarah  Silver  Cox 


$       150.00  Lavonne  E.  Crane 

748.38  Susan  T.  Crosby 

3,000.00  Margaret  K.  Cummings 

5,000.00  James  H.  Danford 

34,370.83  Catherine  L.  Donnison  Memorial 

18,000.00  George  E.  Downes 

500.00  Amanda  E.  Dwight 

2,500.00  Lucy  A.  Dwight 

13.053.48  Harriet  H.  Ellis 

1,000.00  Mary  E.  Emerson 

500.00  Mary  B.  Emmons 

10,000.00  Arthur  F.  Estabrook 

1,000.00  Ida  F.  Estabrook 

51.847.49  Orient  H.  Eustis 

322.50  Annie  Louisa  Fay  Memorial  .... 

10,000.00  Sarah  M.  Fay 

1,013.22  Charlotte  M.  Fiske 

100.00  Ann  Maria  Fosdick 

140,000.00  Nancy  H.  Fosdick 

192,391.24  Fanny  Foster 

13,576.19  Margaret  W.  Frothingham 

8,006.69  Elizabeth  W.  Gay 

7,811.56  Ellen  M.  Gifford 

500.00  Joseph  B.  Glover 

1,000.00  Mathilda  Goddard 

8,977.55  Anna  L.  Gray 

2,000.00  Maria  L.  Gray 

2,500.00  Amelia  Greenbaum . 

5,000.00  Caroline  H.  Greene 

500.00  Mary  L.  Greenleaf 

5,715.07  Josephine  S.  Hall 

400.00  Allen  Haskell 

6,000.00  Mary  J.  Haskell 

424.06  Jennie  B.  Hatch 

1,000.00  Olive  E.  Hayden 

5,000.00  Jane  H.  Hodges 

63,873.38  Margaret  A.  Holden 

300.00  Marion  D.  Hollingaworth 

6,000.00  Frances  H.  Hood 

56 


$     1,000.00 

10,000.00 

9,935.95 

5,000.00 

5,000.00 

3,500.00 

10,000.00 

10,000.00 

15,600.00 

1,000.00 

3,446.11 

21,729.52 

25,000.00 

5,000.00 

622.81 

500.00 

500.00 

$253,968.22 


$  3,365.21 

100.00 
5,000.00 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
3,000.00 
6,295.00 
4,000.00 
6,074.79 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
2,000.00 
2,114.00 

500.00 

1,000.00 

15,000.00 

5,000.00 

14,333.79 

3,937.21 

378,087.49 

500.00 
7,931.00 
5,000.00 
5,000.00 

300.00 
1,000.00 

200.00 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
5,157.75 
3,000.00 

500.00 
8,687.65 
1,000.00 
4,622.45 

300.00 
2,360.67 
1,000.00 

100.00 


CHILDREN  OF  THE  SILENT  NIGHT 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes)  —  Concluded 


Abigail  W.  Howe $     1,000.00 

Ezra  S.  Jackson 688.67 

Caroline  E.  Jenks 100.00 

Ellen  M.  Jones 500.00 

Hannah  W.  Kendall 2,515.38 

Clara  P.  Kimball 10,000.00 

David  P.  Kimball 5,000.00 

Moses  KimbaU 1,000.00 

Ann  E.  Lambert 700.00 

Jean  Munroe  Le  Brun 1,000.00 

WiUard  H.  Lethbridge 28,179.41 

Frances  E.  Lilly 1,000.00 

William  Litchfield 6,800.00 

Mary  Ann  Locke 5,874.00 

Robert  W.  Lord 1,000.00 

Sophia  N.  Low 1,000.00 

Thomas  Mack 1,000.00 

Augustus  D.  Manson 8,134.00 

Calanthe  E.  Marsh 18,840.33 

Sarah  L.  Marsh 1,000.00 

Waldo  Marsh 500.00 

Annie  B.  Matthews 45,086.40 

Rebecca  S.  Melvin 23,545.55 

Georgina  MerriU 4,773.80 

Ira  L.  Moore 1,349.09 

Louise  Chandler  Moulton 10,000.00 

Maria  Murdock 1.000.00 

Mary  Abbie  Newell 5,903.65 

Frances  M.  Osgood 1,000.00 

Margaret  S.  Otis . 1,000.00 

Jeannie  Warren  Paine 1,000.00 

Anna  R.  Palfrey 50.00 

Sarah  Irene  Parker 699.41 

Anna  Q.  T.  Parsons 4,019.52 

Helen  M.  Parsons 500.00 

Caroline  E.  Peabody 3,403.74 

Edward  D.  Peters 500.00 

Henry  M.  Peyser 5,678.25 

Mary  J.  Phipps 2,000.00 

Caroline  S.  Pickman 1,000.00 

Katherine  C.  Pierce 5,000.00 

Helen  A.  Porter 50.00 

Sarah  E.  Potter,  Endowment  Fund  425,014.44 

Francis  L.  Pratt 100.00 

Emma  Reed 926.30 

Mary  S.  C.  Reed 6.000.00 

William  Ward  Rhoades 7,507.86 

Jane  Roberts 93,025.55 

John  M.  Rodocanachi 2,250.00 

Dorothy  Roffe 500.00 


Clara  Bates  Rogers 

Rhoda  Rogers 

Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Rotch 

Rebecca  Salisbury 

J.  Pauline  Schenkl 

Joseph  Schofield 

Eliza  B.  Seymour 

John  W.  Shapleigh 

Esther  W.  Smith 

Annie  E.  Snow 

Adelaide  Standish 

Elizabeth  G.  Stuart 

Benjamin  Sweetzer 

Sarah  W.  Taber 

Mary  L.Talbot 

CorneHa  V.  R.  Thayer 

Delia  D.  Thorndike 

Elizabeth  L.  Tilton 

Betsey  B.  Tolman 

Transcript,  ten  dollar  fund 

Mary  Wilson  Tucker 

Mary  B.  Turner 

Royal  W.  Turner 

Minnie  H.  Underbill 

Charles  A.  Vialle 

Rebecca  P.  Wainwright 

George  W.  Wales 

Maria  W.  Wales 

Gertrude  A.  Walker 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Ware 

Rebecca  B.  Warren 

Jennie  A.  (Shaw)  Waterhouse  .  . . 

Mary  H.  Watson 

Ralph  Watson  Memorial 

Isabella  M.  Weld 

Mary  Whitehead 

Evelyn  A.  Whitney  Fund 

Julia  A.  Whitney 

Sarah  W.  Whitney 

Betsey  S.  Wilder 

Hannah  Catherine  Wiley 

Mary  W.  Wiley 

Mary  Williams 

Almira  F.  Winslow 

Eliza  C.  Winthrop 

Harriet  F.  Wolcott 


$  2,000.00 

500.00 

8,500.00 

200.00 

10,955.26 

3,000.00 

5,000.00 

1,000.00 

5,000.00 

9,903.27 

5,000.00 

2,000.00 

2,000.00 

1,000.00 

630.00 

10,000.00 

5,000.00 

300.00 

500.00 

5,666.95 

481.11 

7,582.90 

24,089.02 

1,000.00 

1,990.00 

1,000.00 

5,000.00 

20,000.00 

172.67 

4,000.00 

5,000.00 

565.84 

100.00 

237.92 

14,795.06 

666.00 

4,992.10 

100.00 

150.62 

500.00 

200.00 

150.00 

5,000.00 

306.80 

5,041.67 

5,532.00 

$2,049,073.19 

$2,322,526.76 


57 


CONTRIBUTORS  TO  THE  DEAF-BLIND  FUND 

September  1,  1942-August  31,  1943 


Abbott,  Miss  Harriette  F. 

Abbott,  Mrs.  W.  T. 

Adam  Hat  Stores,  Inc. 

Adams,  Miss  Jessie  L. 

Adler,  Miss  Cecilia 

Adler,  Mrs.  Jacob 

Allen,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  A. 

Allen,  Mrs.  Jane  M. 

Allen,  Mrs.  Leonie  L. 

Allen,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  R. 

Ailing,  Miss  Elsie  Dwight 

Allison,  Mrs.  Susan  C. 

Almy,  Helen  J. 

American  Academy  of  Dental  Science 

American  Legion  Auxiliary  of  East  Lynn 

American  Mutual  Liability  Insurance  Co., 

Employees,  Boston 
American  National  Charities 
Ames,  Lady 
Ames,  Miss  Rosella  S. 
Ames,  Mrs.  Winthrop 
Amory,  Mr.  Roger 
Amory,  Mrs.  William 
Andrews,  Miss  Mary  T. 
Andrus,  Mrs.  G.  E. 
Angier,  Mrs.  George  M. 
Angus,  Miss  Lorraine  W. 

Anonymous,  c/o  Rabbi  S.  J.  Levinson,  Brooklyn 
Anonymous,  New  York  City,  three  contributions 
Armington,  Miss  E. 
Arnold,  Mrs.  Harold  Greene 
Asadourian,  Miss  Lillian 
Ashworth,  Miss  Lillian  F. 
Afherton,  Mr.  J.  Ballard 
Athey,  Mrs.  C.  N. 
At  well,  Mrs.  A.  Y._ 
Austin,  Mrs.  Francis  B. 
Ayer,  Mrs.  Frederick 

Badger,  Mrs.  A.  C. 
Badger,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  T.  L. 
Bagg,  Miss  Shirley 
Baglcy,  Mr.  Charles  R. 
Bailey,  Mr.  Richard  F. 
Bailly,  Miss  E.  A. 
Baker,  Mrs.  D.  M. 
Baker,  Mrs.  Nathaniel 
Baldwin,  Mrs.  E.  Atkins 
Bancroft,  Miss  Mary  E. 
Barber,  Mrs.  George  C. 
Barnes,  Miss  Margaret 
Barr,  Miss  Ada  M. 
Barrett,  Miss  Florence  E. 
Barth,  Mr.  J.  J. 
Bartholomew,  Mrs.  J.  C. 
Bartholomew,  Miss  Marianne  R. 
Bartlctt,  Mrs.  Nelson  S. 
Bartol,  Mrs.  John  W. 
Bassett,  Mrs.  N.  L. 
Baumgartner,  Mrs.  E.  L. 
Baur,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  B. 
Baxter,  Mrs.  Gregory  P. 
Baxter,  Miss  Ruth 
Bayne,  Mrs.  W. 
Beal,  Mr.  Joseph,  Jr. 
Bean,  Mrs.  Henry  S. 
Beardaley,  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Bearse,  Mrs.  Horace  L. 
Beattie,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  T 
Becker,  Mr.  Herman  J. 
Beggs,  Mr.  William  N. 
Behr,  Miss  Elsa 
Benedict,  Mrs.  George  W. 


Benioff,  Mrs.  David 
Benjamin,  Mr.  Adrian 
Benner,  Miss  Frances  Z.  T. 
Bernard,  Mrs.  A.  F. 
Berwiu,  Miss  Matilda 
Best,  Mr.  William 
Bcvis,  Mrs.  Vivia  Clyde 
Bigelow,  Mrs.  Henry  B. 
Binney,  Miss  H.  Maude 
Bird,  Miss  Ann  C. 
Bishop,  Mr.  F.  C. 
Blake,  Mr.  F.  T. 
Bliss,  Miss  Carrie  C. 
Bliss,  Mr.  George  H. 
Blix,  Miss  Katie 
Bloombtrg,  Mrs.  Wilfred 
Bondett,  Mr.  J.  H. 
Bonham,  Mrs.  Frederick  T. 
Bosworth,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  H. 
Bowden,  Mrs.  F.  P. 
Bowditch,  Mrs.  Henry  L 
Boyd,  Mr.  Francis  R. 
Bozyan,  Mrs.  H.  Frank 
Bradley,  Mr.  Leland  H. 
Brayles,  Dr.  Elizabeth 
Bremer,  Miss  S.  F. 
Brennan,  Mr.  J.  H. 
Brewer,  Mrs.  Charles 
Brewer,  Mrs.  Helen  S. 
Brinley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Godfrey 
Bristor,  Miss  M.  Louise 
Brooks,  Mrs.  Arthur  H. 
Brooks,  Gorham,  Esq. 
Brooks,  Mrs.  Lawrence  G. 
Brown,  Miss  Adelaide  J. 
Brown,  Mrs.  George  E. 
Brown,  Mrs.  Hobart  W. 
Brown,  Mrs.  Leroy  S. 
Brown,  Miss  Margaret  L. 
Brown,  Mr.  W.  K. 
Browne,  Miss  Florence  M. 
Buckey.  Mr.  H.  R. 
Buell,  Mrs.  Theodore  L. 
Bull,  Mr.  Wilbur  J. 
Bullard,  Miss  Ellen 
Bush,  Miss  W.  L. 
Bushnell,  Mrs.  Winthrop  G. 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Henry  B. 

Cabot,  Mr.  Walter  M. 

Calkins,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond 

Cambridge  Screw  Co. 

Campbell,  Miss  Anne 

Campbell,  Dr.  C.  MacFie 

Carliart,  Mrs.  C.  L. 

Carmalt,  Mrs.  G.  W. 

Carney,  Mr.  True  D. 

Carter,  Mrs.  Albert  P. 

Carter,  Miss  Marion 

Carter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  B. 

Cartland,  Miss  Marion  P. 

Cary,  Miss  Kate 

Case,  Miss  Louise  W. 

Case,  Miss  M.  R. 

Casey,  Mr.  Stephen  R. 

Casselberry,  Mrs.  C.  M. 

Chalfant,  Miss  Isabelle  C. 

Cbamberlin,  Miss  Louise  M. 

Chard,  Mrs.  W.  G. 

Charles,  Mrs.  Buchanan 

Chase,  Miss  Alice  P. 

Chase,  Mr.  Arthur  T. 

Chase,  Mrs.  B.  L.  W. 


6S 


Chase,  Mrs.  William  E. 

Chatficld,  Miss  Alice  E. 

Cheever,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David,  Jr. 

Cheever,  Mrs.  R.  P. 

Child,  Mrs.  H.  W. 

Christiana,  Mr.  F. 

City  and  County  Employees,  Boston 

ClaHin,  Mrs.  Thomas  M. 

Clapp,  Mr.  Eugene  H. 

Clapp,  Mrs.  Robert  P. 

Clark,  Miss  Alice  Warren 

Clark,  Miss  Clara  M. 

Clark,  Edward  H. 

Clark,  Mrs.  H.  B. 

Clark,  Mr.  Henry  J. 

Clifford,  Mrs.  Walter  B. 

Closson,  Mrs.  W.  B. 

Codman,  Miss  Catherine  A. 

Cole,  Mrs.  Benjamin 

Cole,  Miss  Mary  R. 

Colgate,  Mabel 

Collins,  Mr.  Charles  A. 

Colonial  Beacon  Oil  Co. 

Conant,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  James  B. 

Coolidge,  Mr.  Joseph  Arthur 

Cooncy,  Miss  Mary  A. 

Cornelison,  Dr.  Robert  W. 

Cotter,  Mrs.  R.  J. 

Coty,  Mrs.  E.  P. 

Courtney,  Miss  Mary  L. 

Crampton,  Miss  Susan  C. 

Crehore,  Miss  Lucy  C 

Crocker,  Mrs.  C.  Thomas,  III 

Crocker,  Mrs.  J.  N. 

Crocker,  Mias  Muriel 

Crockett,  Dr.  M.  A. 

Crouch,  Mrs.  Herbert 

Crowninshield,  Mr.  F.  B. 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Greely  S. 

Curtiss,  Dr.  Miles  B. 

Cushing,  Miss  Susan  T. 

Cushman,  Mrs.  H.  E. 

Dalton,  H.  R. 

Dal  ton,  Mrs.  S.  L. 

Dana  Hall  Service  Fund 

Dane,  Mrs.  Ernest  B. 

Dane,  Mrs.  John 

Danielson,  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Richard  E.,  Jr. 

Da  Prato,  Mrs.  A.  L. 

Davis,  Mrs.  A.  W. 

Davis,  Mrs.  Gilbert  G. 

Davis,  Mrs.  Lincoln 

Davis,  Mrs.  W.  L. 

Day,  Mrs.  Frank  A. 

Dearborn,  Mrs.  L.  B. 

DeBlois,  Mrs.  George  L. 

De  Cormis,  Miss  Constance 

d'Humy,  Mr.  F.  E. 

Deland,  Mrs.  Frank  S. 

de  Mille,  Mrs.  John  C. 

Dennison,  Mr.  M.  W. 

Dewey,  iVIiss  L.  E. 

Dickson,  Miss  Ruth  B. 

Diechmann,  Miss  Bertha 

Djerksen,  Mrs.  H.  H. 

Dimick,  Mrs.  William 

Dlott,  Mr.  Samuel 

Doane,  Miss  Jessie 

Dod,  Miss  Isabel  G. 

Dodd,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Loring  H. 

Dogherty,  Miss  Marian  A. 

Dohrmann,  Miss  Dorothy 

Donaghy,  Mrs.  Dick 

Donald,  Mrs.  Malcolm 

Donley,  Mr.  Arthur  T. 

Douglass,  Miss  Elizabeth  P. 

Douglass,  Miss  Josephine 

Douglass,  Mrs.  Mabelle  F.  A. 

Dowling,  Mr.  A.  S. 

Downer,  Miss  Lisa  dcForest 

Drjnkwater,  Mr.  Arthur 

Duff,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Robertson 

Durant,  Mrs.  W.  B. 


Durr,  Mrs.  H.  Adele 
Dusinberre,  Mrs.  Henry  W. 

Eager,  Miss  Mabel  T. 
East,  Mrs.  A.  S. 
Eastham,  Mr.  Melville 
Eaton,  Mrs.  Frank 
Edmonds,  Mrs.  Edna  B. 
Eggers,  Mr.  William  A. 
Elder,  Miss  Vera 
Eliot,  the  Rev.  Christopher  E. 
Elsmith,  Mrs.  Leonard 
Emerson,  Mrs.  Frances 
Emerson,  Miss  Grace  C. 
Emerson,  Miss  Mabel  E. 
Emerson,  Mrs.  William 
Emriions,  Mrs.  R.  W.,  Sr. 
Equitable  Life  Ass.  Soc,  Employees 
Ericksson,  Mr.  Joseph  A. 

Fairchild,  Mrs.  C.  B. 

Farley,  Mrs.  J.  W. 

Faull,  Mr.  J.  H. 

Faunce,  Miss  Eliza  H. 

Fay,  Mrs.  Joseph  S. 

Fearing,  Mrs.  G.  R. 

Federal  Employee  Group 

Feldman,  Mrs.  Moses  D. 

Feldman,  Mr.  Samuel 

Fenno,  Mrs.  L.  C. 

Fenwick,  Miss  B. 

Ferrin,  Mrs.  F.  M. 

Ferris,  Mrs.  H.  E. 

Fielding,  Miss  Dorothy  M. 

Finberg,  Mrs.  Chester  F. 

Finfrock,  Miss  Anna  L. 

Fish,  Mr.  Ralph  E. 

Fisher,  Miss  Emma 

Fisk,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otis  H. 

Fitt,  Mr.  George  H. 

Flagg,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Elisha 

Flood,  Mr.  Frederick  A. 

Flood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  T. 

Floyd,  Miss  Lottie  M. 

Forbes,  Mrs.  J.  M.,  Jr. 

Foster,  Mr.  Benjamin  B. 

Foster,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  W. 

Foster,  Miss  Hilda  S. 

Foster,  Mrs.  Reginald 

Fowler,  Louis  F. 

Fox,  Charles  J. 

Fox,  Miss  Edith  M. 

Fox,  Mr.  John  W. 

Francke,  Mrs.  H.  C. 

Freeman,  Miss  Nettie  T. 

Friedman,  Misses  Elsie  I.  and  Sophie  M, 

Friedman,  Mrs.  Henry  E. 

Friend,  Miss  Eunice  A. 

Frothingham,  Miss  Eugenia  B. 

Frothingham,  Mrs.  L.  A. 

Frothingham,  Mrs.  Langdon 

Frye,  Miss  (^'ornelia 

Furness,  Miss  Laura 

Gardner,  Colin 

Gardner,  G.  Peabody 

Gardner,  Mrs.  George  P. 

Geary,  Mr.  E.  R. 

Geddes,  James,  Jr. 

Gjbson,  Mrs.  Kirkland  H. 

Ginsburg,  Brothers,  Inc. 

Gleason,  Miss  Ell-n  H. 

Gleason,  Mrs.  Hollis  T. 

Goddard,  Mrs.  J.  V. 

Goethals,  Miss  Mary  A.  W. 

Goldman,  Miss  Helen  R. 

Goldthwaite,  Mrs.  Joel  E. 

Gooch,  Mr.  C.  W. 

Goodman,  Abraham  aud  MoUie  Foundation,  Inc. 

Goodwin.  Mrs.  Fred  M. 

Gordon,  Mrs.  John  D. 

Gordon,  Mrs.  Nathan  H. 

Gore,  Mrs.  Frederick 

Gorowitz,  Rabbi  Aaron 


59 


Gould,  Mrs.  Marion  R. 

Grabfield,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  G.  Phillip 

Graboys,  Mr.  Lewis  M. 

Grant,  Mrs.  W.  D. 

Graton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  C. 

Graves,  Miss  L.  B. 

Gray,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reginald 

Gray,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Jr. 

Green,  Mr.  Edward  B. 

Green,  H.  P. 

Greenwood,  Mrs.  Mabel  E. 

Greer,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W. 

Grees,  Allean  M. 

Gregory,  Agnes 

Grieshabar,  Mrs.  Rosa 

Griffing,  Mrs.  Edward  J. 

Griffith,  Josephine 

Grizzell,  Miss  Florence 

Gross,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  H. 

Guest,  Mrs.  Amy 

Guggenheim,  Mr.  William,  Jr. 

Guilden,  Mr.  Ira 

Gunby,  Mrs.  Frank  M. 

Hager,  Mr.  Clayton  M. 

Hall,  Miss  Anna 

Hall,  Miss  Minna  B. 

Hall,  Samuel  P. 

Hallowcll,  Misses  Charlotte  B.  and  Emily 

Hallowell,  Mr.  Robert  H. 

Hamann,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  H. 

Hamilton,  E.  M. 

Hamilton,  Mrs.  Edward  P. 

Hanks,  Mr.  G.  R. 

Harman,  O.  S. 

Harrington,  Mr.  George  L. 

Harrington,  Mrs.  Rebie 

Harris,  Mrs.  Edward 

Harris,  the  Rev.  John 

Hart,  Mrs.  Elsa  R. 

Hartveldt,  Henry  H.  &  Co. 

Harty,  Miss  Margaret  A. 

Haseltine,  Miss  Caroline  M. 

Haskell,  Miss  Margaret 

Hastings,  Mrs.  Merrill  G. 

Hatch,  Pascal  E. 

Hawes,  Frederic  B. 

Hayde,  Mrs.  Dora 

Hayes,  Miss  Margaret  E. 

Heacock,  Miss  Lulu 

Heater,  George  L. 

Heilman,  Prof.  William  C. 

Hendricks,  Miss  Helen  R. 

Hendrickson,  Mr.  John  C. 

Henley,  Miss  Jennie  M. 

Herr,  Mrs.  Secor 

Hersey,  Miss  Ada  H. 

Hewins,  Mr.  Alfred  S. 

Higgins,  Mr.  Joseph  F. 

Higginson,  Francis  L. 

Hight,  Mrs.  Clarence  A. 

Hill,  Dr.  H. 

Hiller,  The  Misses  Emily  and  Edna 

Hilles,  Mrs.  William  S. 

Hinman,  G.  W. 

Holbrook,  Mrs.  W.  H. 

Holmes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hector 

Holmes,  Laura  P. 

Hooper,  Mrs.  James  R. 

Hopkins,  Mrs.  Bertrand 

Hopkins,  Mrs.  Ernest  M. 

Hopkins,  Mr.  Leon  L. 

Hopkinson,  Mrs.  Charles 

Hopper,  Miss  M.  L. 

Hornblower,  Mrs.  Henry 

Home,  Lieut.  Henry 

Howe,  Edith  W. 

Houghton,  Mr.  Clement  S. 

Houghton,  Mrs.  Frederick  C. 

Howland,  Mrs.  William  D. 

Hubbard,  Miss  Helen 

Hudnut,  Mr.  A.  C. 

Hughes,  Mrs.  Hector  J. 

Hull,  Mr.  George  A. 


Hunnewell,  Mr.  Francis  W. 
Hunt,  Mrs.  R.  B. 
Hurd,  Mrs.  George  Newell 
Hurlbut,  Mrs.  B.  S. 
Hutchinson,  Mr.  Frank  R. 
Hyde,  Mr.  Russell  S. 
Hyman,  Mr.  Abe 

Jack,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  E. 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Charles 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Henry  B. 

Jackson,  Mrs.  James 

Jackson,  Mr.  Walter 

James,  Mrs.  Edward  H. 

Jennings,  Miss  O.  B. 

Jewell,  Mrs.  Charlotte  M. 

Jewett,  Mrs.  James  R. 

Johnson,  Miss  Emily 

Johnson,  Miss  Harriet 

Johnson,  Miss  Ida  B. 

Johnson,  Mr.  J.  A. 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Peter  P. 

Jones,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cheney  C. 

Jones,  Mrs.  Daniel  F. 

Jones,  Mrs.  Daniel  Fiske 

Jones,  The  Misses  Dorothy  and  Marjorie 

Jones,  Mrs.  Howard  M. 

Jones,  Margaret  H. 

Kahn,  Mrs.  Elliott  M. 
Kaplan,  Mrs.  Bernard 
Kaplan,  Mrs.  Celia 
Kazanjian,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  V.  H. 
Keating,  Miss  Jessica  A. 
Kee,  Miss  Olive  A. 
Keil,  Mr.  Henry 
Keith,  Mrs.  George  E. 
Kelchner,  Mr.  C.  S. 
Kendall  Boiler  and  Tank  Co. 
Kennedy,  Mrs.  F.  L. 
Kenyon,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  D. 
Kienbusch,  C.  O.  V. 
King,  Miss  Grace  W. 
King,  Mrs.  James  G. 
King,  Richard 
Kingsley,  Mrs.  Robert  C. 
Kittredge,  Mrs.  George  L. 
KIous,  Mrs.  Caroline  H. 
Knowles,  Mr.  Lucius  J. 
Koch,  Dr.  Clarence  W. 
Koehler,  Bertha  K. 
Kress,  Samuel  H.  Foundation 

LaCroix,  Mrs.  Morris  F. 
Lamb,  Miss  Rosamond 
Lang,  Miss  Margaret  R. 
Langley,  Ernest  F. 
Latimer,  H.  R. 
Lawrence,  the  Rev.  F.  C. 
Lawrence,  Miss  Margaret  L. 
Leland,  Miss  Ella  A. 
Lerner,  Mrs.  Samuel  A. 
Leslie,  Mrs.  Jessie  Say  bolt 
Levi,  Francis  E.  P. 
Levi,  James  H. 
Levison,  Mr.  Benjamin 
Levy,  Miss  Julia 
Liebes,  Miss  Mary 
Lincoln,  Mrs.  George  C. 
Littlefield,  Mils  Ida  B. 
Livermore,  Mrs.  Homer  F. 
Locke,  Mrs.  A.  W. 
Loder,  Dr.  Halsey  B. 
Loeser,  Nathan 
Lombard,  Mrs.  P.  H. 
Long,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W. 
Loring,  Miss  Marjorie  C. 
Lothrop,  Mrs.  Warren 
Lovejoy,  Mrs.  Frederick  H. 
Lovejoy,  Miss  Helen  D. 
Lovett,  Miss  Eleanor  H. 
Lowe,  Miss  Katherine  M. 
Lowndes,  Mrs.  C.  T. 
Luce,  Hon.  Robert 


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Lufkin,  Richard  H. 
Lyman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  T. 
Lyman,  Mrs.  Arthur  W. 
Lyman,  Mrs.  George  H. 
Lyman,  Mrs.  Harrison  F. 
Lyman,  Mrs.  Herbert 
Lyman,  Mr.  Theodore 
Lyon,  Mrs.  George  A. 

McCarty,  Mrs.  E.  F. 

McCreary,  Mrs.  Lewis  S. 

McGowan,  Miss  Ethel 

McKibbin,  Miss  Emily  W. 

McLeod,  Mrs.  Archibald 

McLeod,  Miss  Isabel 

McMichaels,  Mrs.  Louise  G. 

McPheeters,  Mrs.  T.  S. 

McWbinnev,  Mrs.  P.  G. 

MacDougail,  Dr.  H.  C. 

Mack,  Miss  Rebecca 

Mackinney,  Mrs.  P.  R. 

Macomber,  Mrs.  H.  J. 

Maddocks,  John  A. 

Malcolm,  Mr.  William  J.,  Jr. 

Malloch,  Mrs.  Walter  Scott 

Mandel,  Mrs.  Richard  H. 

Marks  Bros.,  Inc.,  Employees 

Marks,  Mr.  Harry 

Marshall,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  W. 

Martin,  Mrs.  Leroy  H. 

Marvin,  Miss  K.  M. 

Mason,  Charles  F. 

Mason,  Miss  Fanny  P. 

Mason,  Mrs.  Louis  B. 

May,  Mrs.  Marcus  B. 

Mayerstein,  Mrs.  A.  A. 

Mayo-smith,  Richmond 

Mazyck,  Miss  Margaret  K. 

Mead,  Miss  Jenny  S. 

Merian,  Mrs.  A.  W. 

Merrick,  Mrs.  J.  V. 

Merrill,  Mrs.  David  A. 

Merrill,  Mrs.  Keith 

Merrill,  Mrs.  Luther  M. 

Merrill,  Mrs.  Sherborn  M. 

Merriman,  Mrs.  E.  Bruce 

Merritt,  Miss  Mildred  A. 

Mesker,  Mrs.  Frank 

Mitchell,  Miss  Emma  C. 

Mitchell,  Miss  Lillian 

Mitchell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  R. 

Mixter,  Mrs.  William  Jason 

Moffitt,  J.  K. 

Mohr,  Frank  J. 

Moir,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  A. 

Monks,  Rev,  G.  Gardner 

Monks,  Mrs.  George  H. 

Monroe,  Arthur  E. 

Moody,  Miss  Julia  E. 

Moon,  Parry 

Moore,  Mrs.  Albert  H. 

Moore,  Carl  F. 

Moore,  Mrs.  Clifford  H. 

Moors,  Mrs.  John  F. 

Morejand,  Edward  L. 

Morris,  Miss  H.  Pearl 

Morse,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  H. 

Morse,  Mrs.  J.  B. 

Morse,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  G. 

Moses,  Mrs.  George 

Motherwell,  J.  W. 

Motley,  Caspar 

Motley,  Mr.  Edward 

Motley,  Warren 

Mulligan,  Miss  Mary  S. 

Murphy,  Rev.  David  J. 

Murphy,  Mrs.  J.  B. 

Murphy,  Mr.  Ray  Slater 

Murray  Printing  Company,  The 

Myers,  Mrs.  Charles  H. 

Myles,  Mrs.  Ethel  C. 

Needham  Evangelist  Congregational  Church 
Nelson,  Mrs.  Joseph 


Nemrow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry 

Newberry,  Mrs.  W.  E. 

Newtonville  Congregational  Church  Women 

Neyhart,  Mr.  Adrian 

Nichols,  Mrs.  A.  B. 

Nichols,  Mr.  William  H. 

Nickerson,  Mrs.  Annie  L. 

Norfolk  Junior  Women's  Club 

Norton,  Mrs.  D.  C. 

Norton,  Mrs.  Helen  B. 

Norwood,  Sidney 

Noyes,  Mrs.  Harrv  K. 

Noyes,  Miss  Penelope 

Nurenberg,  Henry  L. 

Nutter,  Mrs.  Charles  B. 

O'Connell,  William,  Cardinal 
O'Keeffe,  Mr.  Adrian 
O'Keeffe,  Lionel 
Oldenberg,  Otto 
Olmsted,  Mrs.  J.  C. 
Orcutt,  Mrs.  W.  D. 
Osborne,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  B. 
Otis,  Mrs.  H.  F. 

Paddock,  the  Rev.  E.  M. 
Page,  Mrs.  Frederick  H. 
Page,  Mrs.  Newman 
Paine,  Mrs.  R.  T.,  2d 
Paine,  Mrs.  William  D. 
Palmer,  Mrs.  William  L. 
Parker,  Miss  Edith 
Parker,  Miss  Mary  Deane 
Parker,  Mrs.  Robert  B. 
Parmelee,  Miss  Mary  J. 
Peabody,  Miss  AmeHa 
Peabody,  Mr.  Harold 
Peabody,  Miss  Lucy  G. 
Peabody,  Miss  Margery 
Pearsall,  Miss  Mary 
Pecker,  Miss  Annie  J. 
Pelletier,  Augustin  _S. 
Pcnfield,  Miss  Annie  S. 
Penney,  Miss  Manetta  W. 
Perera,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  L. 
Perry,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  H. 
Perkins,  Edward  N. 
Peters,  Mrs.  William  Y. 
Pfaelzer,  Mrs.  Franklin  T. 
Pieri,  Albert 
Pike,  Miss  Blanche  M. 
Pingree,  Mrs.  Arthur  H. 
Piper,  Mrs.  C.  B. 
Pitman,  Mrs.  Harold 
Plant,  Mrs.  C.  Griggs 
Pomeroy,  Mrs.  N.  A. 
Pope,  Mrs.  Frank  J. 
Post,  Miss  Mabel  D. 
Potter,  Miss  Louise  M. 
Powers,  Dr.  Lillian  Delger 
Prout,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  B. 
Purrington,  Mrs.  W.  A. 

Quincy  Women's  Club  Juniors 

Rand,  Mrs.  Edward  K. 
Ratshesky,  Mrs.  Theresa  S. 
Reed,  Miss  Anna  N. 
Reed,  Miss  Emily  S. 
Rehder,  Mr.  Alfred 
Reilly,  Miss  Mary  E. 
Reid,  Mr.  William  E. 
Rhodes,  Mrs.  D.  P. 
Rjce,  John  C. 
Richards,  Miss  Alice  A. 
Richards,  John 
Richards,  Miss  Sara  L. 
Richardson,  Charles  O. 
Richardson,  Mrs.  George  W. 
Richardson,  Mrs.  John,  Jr. 
Richardson,  The  Misses 
Riddle,  Mrs.  M.  B. 
Riley,  Mrs.  Charles  E. 
Ripley,  Mrs.  Edward  P. 


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Robbins  &  Burke,  Inc. 
Rodgers,  Miss  Elsie  G. 
Rodgers,  Mr.  Robert 
Roe,  Miss  Mary  T. 
Rogers,  Miss  Bertha  F. 
Rood,  Mrs.  Stanley  H. 
Rothwell,  Bernard  J. 
Rousmanicre,  Mrs.  E.  S, 
Rowlett,  Mrs.  Thomas  Stewart 
Rubinstein,  Mr.  Benjamin  H. 
Rudy,  Miss  Mary  G. 
Russell,  Mrs.  D.  I. 
Russell,  William  C. 
Rust,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred 
Ruth,  Mrs.  Anna  C. 
Rutledge,  Mrs.  R.  C. 

Sachs,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  J. 
Sack,  Mr.  Benjamin 
Sameth,  Miss  Elsa 
Sampson,  Mrs.  Robert  DeW. 
Samson,  Mrs.  E.  J. 
Sands,  Mr.  Frank  E. 
Sang,  Mrs.  Sars  A. 
Sarton,  Dr.  George 
Saunders,  Miss  Edith  St.  L. 
Sawyer,  Caroline  A. 
Sawyer,  Miss  Lillian  W. 
Sayles,  Mrs.  Robert  W. 
Schenck,  Mrs.  Garret,  Jr. 
Scher,  Morris  G. 
Schneider,  Mr.  George 
Schnell,  Julius  N. 
Schrafft,  Miss  Bertha 
Schrafft,  W.  E. 
Schroader,  Miss  Anna  A. 
Schumacker,  Miss  L.  L. 
Schwarzman,  Isadore  C. 
Scott,  Mrs.  Hugh  D. 
Seabergh,  Mrs.  Carl  E. 
Sears,  Miss  Edith  H. 
Sears,  Miss  Evelyn 
Sears,  Richard  D.,  Jr. 
Sears,  Mr.  Beth 
Sebastian,  Mr.  W. 
Seltzer,  Mrs.  John  _ 
Sharp,  Miss  Virginia 
Shattuck,  Henry  L. 
Shaw,  Mrs.  Carleton  A. 
Shaw,  Harold  B. 
Shaw,  Mrs.  Henry _S. 
Shaw,  Louis  Agassiz,  2d 
Shaw,  Mrs.  Sohier 
Shaw,  Mrs.  Walter  K. 
Shrpard,  Frank  R. 
Shepard,  T.  H. 
Sheply,  Mrs.  E.  L. 
Sias,  Mrs.  Alice  E. 
Sias,  Miss  Martha  G. 
Sibley,  Miss  Emily 
Simonds,  Mrs.  Gifford  K. 
Slirer,  Miss  Henrietta  W. 
Sloan,  Mrs.  E.  S. 
Small,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph 
Smith,  Dr.  George  Van  S. 
Smith,  Mr.  Francis  D. 
Smith,  Mrs.  J.  Archy 
Smith,  William  E. 
Smith,  William  E. 
Snow,  Mr.  Andre 
Sooy,  Mrs.  Curtis 
Spaulding,  Mr.  J.  L.,  Jr. 
Spector,  Mr.  Robert 
Spclman,  Henry  M. 
Spore,  Mr.  L.  D. 
Standish,  Dr.  J.  H. 
State  Employees,  Boston 
Stedman,  Miss  Anne  B. 
Steele,  Mrs.  J. 
Steele,  Miss  Katherine  E. 
Steele,  Mr.  Matthew  W. 
Stcinert,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alan 
Stevens,  Mr.  B-^ooks,  Jr. 
Stevens,  Mrs.  Horace  N. 


Stifel,  Clara  A. 
Stone,  Mrs.  Edward  H. 
Stone,  Mary  P. 
Stone,  Mrs.  S.  M. 
Storer,  Miss  Helen  L. 
Storrow,  Mrs.  James  J.,  Sr. 
Stout,  Mrs.  George  L. 
Strathy,  Mrs.  Richardson 
Straus,  David 
Stuart,  Miss  Charlotte  V. 
Sturgis,  S.  Warren 
Sublett,  Miss  Ruth 
Sullivan,  Patrick  H. 
Sullivan,  R.  C,  Co. 
Summers,  Merle  G. 
Sutton,  Mrs.  Harry  E. 
Swartz,  Edward  M._ 
Swayze,  Mrs.  Francis  J. 
Swift,  Mrs.  Jesse  G. 
Swinerton,  Miss  Lenna  D. 
Swinney,  Miss  Ruth 

Taber,  Mrs.  T.  T. 

Taintor,  Mrs.  Charles  Wilson 

Talano,  Mr.  A.  H. 

Tannenbaum,  Mrs.  C. 

Terry,  Mrs.  G.  S. 

Thayer,  Ernest  L. 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Frank  H. 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Warren 

Thayer,  Mrs.  William  G. 

Thorn,  Dr.  D.  A. 

Thomas,  Miss  Helen 

Thomas,  Miss  Ruth  E. 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Augustus 

Thompson,  Mrs.  F.  E. 

Thompson,  Miss  Helen  M. 

Thompson  Water  Cooler  Co. 

Thorns,  Miss  K.  Roberta 

Thorndike,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  L. 

Thorp,  Miss  Alice  A. 

Tischhauser,  Mrs.  Christian 

Titus,  Dr.  R.  S. 

Torbert,  Mrs.  James 

Tower,  Miss  Florence  E. 

Trainer,  H.  R. 

Treat,  Mrs.  G.  W. 

Trevor,  Mrs.  John  B.,  Jr. 

Trinity  Junior  Church,  Boston 

Tucker,  Minnie  C. 

Tucker,  Mrs.  J.  Alfred 

Tucker,  Mr.  Nathan 

Tuckerman,  Mrs.  Sears 

VanBuskirk,  Mr.  George  L. 
Van  Norden,  Mrs.  Grace  C. 
Vaughan,  Miss  Bertha  H. 
Vaughan,  Miss  Margaret  L 
Ver  Planck,  Philip 
Vickery,  Mrs.  Herman  F. 
Vogeley,  Mrs.  W.  Roebling 
VonLieberman,  Mr.  F.  A. 

Walcott,  Mrs.  Charles 

Wallace,  Miss  Jessie 

Wallberg,  Miss  Frances 

Wallour,  Mrs.  C.  W.  _ 

Walworth,  Mrs.  Harriet 

Ward,  Miss  M.  DeC. 

Warner,  Mr.  H. 

Warner,  Mrs.  Sam  B. 

Warren,  Mrs.  Bayard 

Washburn,  the  Rev.  Henry  B. 

Watson,  Mrs.  Jeannette 

Webster,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laurence  J. 

West  Newton  Second  Church  School 

West  Newton  Women's  Club 

Whidden,  Mr.  Stephen  H. 

White,  Miss  Eliza  Orne 

White,  Miss  Gertrude  R. 

Whiteman,  Mrs.  John  B. 

Whitman,  Edmund  A. 

Whitman,  Mrs.  William,  Jr. 

Whitmarsh,  Porter  W. 

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Whitney,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  H. 

TVbittem,  Mr.  A.  F. 
Whittemore,  Mrs.  T.  P. 
TVight.  Mrs.  Eisie  B. 
Wight,  Mrs.  Marcus  Seymour 
Wilcox,  Mr.  F.  C. 
Wiley,  Mrs.  W.  O. 
Williams,  Mrs.  Holden  P. 
Williams,  Mrs.  J.  B. 
Williams,  Mrs.  Moses 
Willing,  Mr.  James 
Williston,  Miss  Emily 
Wilmot,  Mrs.  E.  P. 
Wilson,  Miss  Antoinette 
Wilson,  Mrs.  Russell 


Winthrop,  Miss  Clara  B. 

Wolf,  Mrs.  Louis 

Wood,  Miss  Alice  M, 

Wood,  Miss  Cecile  T. 

Wood,  Mrs.  O.  G. 

Wright,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  R. 

Wright,  Mrs.  Vernon  A. 

Yeomans,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Young,  Dr.  Walter  H, 

Zepfler,  Mr.  Louis 
Ziegel,  Mrs.  Louis 
Zschirpe,  Miss  Minnie  E. 


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FORM  OF  BEQUEST 

I  hereby  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution 
AND  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly 
organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  the  sum  of  dollars  ($  ),  the  same  to 

be  applied  to  the  general  uses  and  purposes  of  said  corporation  under 
the  direction  of  its  Board  of  Trustees;  and  I  do  hereby  direct  that  the 
receipt  of  the  Treasurer  for  the  time  being  of  said  corporation  shall 
be  a  sufficient  discharge  to  my  executors  for  the  same. 


FORM  OF  DEVISE  OF  REAL  ESTATE 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly  organ- 
ized and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, that  certain  tract  of  real  estate  bounded  and  described  as 
follows : 

(Here  describe  the  real  estate  accurately) 
with  full  power  to  sell,  mortgage  and  convey  the  same  free  of  all' 
trusts. 


NOTICE 

The  address  of  the  treasurer  of  the  corporation  is  as  follows: 

ROGER  AMORY 

19  Congress  Street,  Boston 


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One  Hundred  and  Thirteenth 
Annual  Report 

of 

Perkins   Institution 

and 

Massachusetts  School 
For  The  Blind 

Incorporated  March  2,  1829 


1944 


Offices  of  Administration  and  Schools 
Watertown,  72,  Mass. 


THE  WORKSHOP 

549  E.  Fourth  Street 

South  Boston,  27,  Mass. 


THE  TREASURER 
19  Congress  Street 
Boston,  9,  Mass. 


CONTENTS 

Calendar 4 

History 5 

Past  Officers 6 

Officers  of  the  Corporation 7 

Officers  of  Administration 8 

Upper  School  Staff 9 

Lower  School  Staff 10 

Members  of  the  Corporation  .      - 11 

Proceedings  of  the  Corporation     . 13 

Report  of  the  Trustees    .........  15 

Report  of  the  Director 17 

Report  of  the  Ophthalmologist 37 

Report  of  the  Physician 38 

Report  of  the  Dentists 39 

Workshop   for   Adults (40 

Howe  Memorial  Press 41 

List  of  Pupils 42 

Acknowledgments 45 

Statement  of  Accounts 48 

Institution 48 

Howe  Memorial  Press 54 

Kindergarten 55 

Contributors 59 


The  Perkins  Library  and  Museum  have  not  only  the  largest 
collection  of  books  on  the  blind  in  the  world  but  also  a  valuable 
and  comprehensive  collection  of  pictures  of  blind  persons  and 
persons  connected  with  work  for  the  blind.  For  our  illustrations 
this  year  we  have  selected  from  our  Museum  famous  pictures  of 
outstanding  men  through  the  ages  and  from  several  countries 
who  have  been  prominent  in  the  annals  o^  the  blind. 


November  6. 

November  11. 

November  13. 

November  14. 

November  20. 

November  23. 


CALENDAR 

1944-1945 

September  11.  Staff  Meeting 

September  12.  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

September  12.  Pupils  return  after  Summer  Vacation 

September  13.  School  begins 

September  18.  Matrons'  Meeting   (All  Matrons) 

October         9.     Staff  Meeting 

October        10.     Executive  Committee  Meeting 

October        16.     Matrons'  Meeting   (Lower  School) 

Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation 

Holiday 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Girls'  Upper  School) 

Thanksgiving  Day 

December  11.  Staff  Meeting 

December  12.  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

December  15.  Christmas  Concert 

December  17.  Christmas  Concert 

December  18.  Matrons'  Meeting  (Boys'  Upper  School) 

December  18.  Cottage  Christmas  Parties 

December  19.  Christmas  Concert 

December  20.  Pupils  leave  for  Christmas  Vacation 

Pupils  return  from  Christmas  Vacation 

School  begins 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting   (All  Matrons) 

Holiday 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Lower  School) 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Girls'  Upper  School) 

Pupils  leave  for  Easter  Vacation 

Punils  return  from  Easter  Vacation 

School  begins 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Boys'  Upper  School) 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting   ("All  Matrons) 

Holiday 

Alumnae  Day 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Graduation  Day 

Alumni  Day 
September  10.     Staff  Meeting 

September  11.     Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
September  11.     Pupils  return  after  Summer  Vacation 
September  12.     School  begins 


January  3. 

January  4. 

January  8. 

January  9. 

January  15. 

February  12. 

February  13. 

February  19. 

March  12. 

March  13. 

March  19. 

March  22. 


April 
April 
April 
April 
April 

May 

May 
May 
May 

June 
June 
June 
June 
June 


3. 

4. 

9. 
10. 
16. 
14. 
15. 
21. 
30. 

2. 

11. 
12. 
14. 
16. 


PERKINS   INSTITUTION 


HISTORY 

IN  1826  Dr.  John  D.  Fisher  returned  to  Boston  from  Paris  resolved  to  provide  for 
the  blind  of  Massachusetts  the  same  care  afforded  them  in  France.  Enlisting 
the  aid  of  friends,  a  committee  was  formed  and  upon  petition  to  the  Legislature 
an  Act  of  Incorporation  was  granted  on  March  2,  1829,  establishing  "The  New 
England  Asylum  for  the  Blind,"  the  first  school  in  America  for  those  without  sight. 
In  1831  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  just  returned  from  participation  in  the  Greek 
wars,  was  elected  the  first  director,  and  in  August,  1832,  the  first  classes  were  held 
in  the  house  of  Dr.  Howe's  father  on  Pleasant  Street. 

During  the  early  years  Col.  Thomas  H.  Perkins  became  interested  in  the  little 
school  and  gave  for  its  use  his  large  house  on  Pearl  Street.  The  need  for  larger 
quarters  was  soon  apparent,  and  in  1839  the  great  hotel  in  South  Boston  was 
purchased.  This  purchase  was  made  possible  by  the  assent  of  Colonel  Perkins  to  the 
sale  of  the  house  that  he  had  given  to  the  school.  Because  of  this  magnanimous 
attitude  of  Colonel  Perkins  the  trustees  renamed  the  school  "Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  Asylum  for  the  Blind."  This  name  was  changed  in  1877  to  the 
present  name,  "Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind." 

Dr.  Howe  directed  the  growing  work  of  Perkins  Institution  for  forty  years  and 
was  succeeded  in  1876  by  his  Greek  protege  and  son-in-law,  Michael  Anagnos.  Mr. 
Anagnos  created  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  for  publishing  embossed  books  and  for 
the  manufacture  of  appliances  for  education  of  the  blind.  In  1887  he  founded 
the  Kindergarten  in  Jamaica  Plain,  the  first  school  in  the  world  for  little  blind 
children.     After  thirty  years  of  leadership  Mr.  Anagnos  died  in  Rumania  in  1906. 

In  1907  the  directorship  of  Perkins  Institution  fell  to  Edward  E.  AUen,  head  of 
the  school  for  the  blind  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  had  just  rebuilt  the  school  plant 
on  a  garden  site  outside  of  the  city.  Coming  to  Boston,  Mr.  Allen  began  plans  for 
a  new  Perkins,  and  in  1912  the  Institution  and  in  1913  the  Kindergarten  were  housed 
in  the  beautiful  new  plant  at  Watertown.  These  buildings  situated  on  an  old  estate 
of  thirty-four  acres  on  the  banks  of  the  Charles  River,  have  school  and  residence 
facilities  for  nearly  three  hundred  pupils.  Dr.  Allen  retired  in  1931.  His  last 
official  act  was  to  v^rite  the  one  hundredth  annual  report.  Thus  for  a  century  Perkins 
Institution  had  but  three  directors. 

PURPOSE 

Perkins  Institution  provides  for  the  visually  handicapped  youth  of  New  England 
full  educational  opportunity  from  Kindergarten  through  High  School.  The  content 
of  instruction  corresponds  with  that  offered  to  seeing  boys  and  girls  in  the  public 
schools.  The  methods  of  instruction  of  necessity  differ.  Principal  differences  are 
that  embossed  books  take  the  place  of  ink-print,  and  studies  are  taught  objectively. 
In  the  adaptation  and  invention  of  means  of  instructing  the  blind  Perkins  has  been 
a  pioneer  through  its  century  of  existence.  Much  attention  is  paid  to  physical  and 
manual  training  and  to  miosic.  Opportunity  is  provided  for  those  qualified  to 
pursue  higher  studies  or  take  advanced  work  in  music  and  vocational  fields. 

Boys  and  girls  without  sight  or  with  insufficient  sight  to  read  ink-print  are 
admitted  as  pupils,  if  capable  of  education  and  in  good  health.  While  at  the  school 
pupils  reside  in  cottages  where  the  teachers  also  live,  and  through  this  association 
they  acquire  that  unconscious  tuition  which  is  such  an  important  part  of  the  program 
of  socialization.  The  primary  aim  of  Perkins  Institution  is  to  qualify  its 
visually  handicapped  pupils  to  take  contributory  places  in  normal  life.  New 
pupils  are  admitted  in  September  and  February,  and  all  pupils  must  return  to  their 
homes  for  the  short  vacations  at  Christmas  and  Easter  and  for  the  long  vacation 
in  the  summer. 


PAST   OFFICERS 

PRESIDENTS 


1830-1837,  Jonathan  Phillips 
1838-1839,  Samuel  Appleton 
1840-1846,  Peter  C.  Brooks 
1847-1854,  Richard  Fletcher 
1855-1861,  Edward  Brooks 


1861-1869,  Samuel  May 
1870-1871,  Martin  Brimmer 
1872-1897,  Samuel  Eliot 
1898-1930,  Francis  H.  Appleton 
1930-  Robert  H.  Hallowell 


VICE-PRESIDENTS 


1830-1834,  William  Calhoun 
1835-1846,  Thomas  H.  Pernins 
1847-1850,  Edward  Brooks 
1851-  John  D.  Fisher 

1852-1866,  Stephen  Fairbanks 
1867-1870,  Joseph  Lyman 
1871-1892,  John  Cummings 


1893-1896,  George  Hale 
1897-1911,  Amory  a.  Lawrence 
1912-1913,  N.  P.  Hallowell 
1914r-1921,  George  H.  Richards 
1922-1929,  William  L.  Richardson 
1930-         G.  Peabody  Gardner 


TREASURERS 


1830-1839,  Richard  Tucker 
1840-1846,  Peter  R.  Dalton 
1847-1861,  Thomas  B.  Wales 
1862-1868,  William  Claflin 
1869-1872,  William  Endicott 
1873-1879,  Henry  Endicott 


1880-  Patrick  T.  Jackson 

1881-1902,  Edward  Jackson 
1903-  Patrick  T.  Jackson 

1904-1916,  William  Endicott 
1917-1935,  Albert  Thorndike 
1935-  Roger  Amory 


SECRETARIES  AND  DIRECTORS 


1831-1876,  Samuel  Gridley  Howe 
1876-1906,  Michael  Anagnos 


1907-1931,  Edward  E.  Allen 
1931-  Gabriel  Farrell 


OFFICERS   OF   THE   CORPORATION 

1944-1945 

PRESIDENT 
Robert  H.  Hallowell 
VICE-PRESIDENT  TREASURER 

G.  Peabody  Gardner  Roger  Amory 

SECRETARY  ASSISTANT  TREASURER 

Gabriel  Farrell  Francis  C.  Rogerson 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

John  P.  Chase  Miss  Ellen  H.  Gleason* 

Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson  Robert  H.  Hallo  well 

Theodore  F.  Drury*  Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D. 

Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.*  Ralph  Lowell 

Mrs.  Homer  Gage  Daniel  J.  Lyne^!- 

G.  Peabody  Gardner  Warren  Motley 

STANDING  COMMITTEES 
Executive  Finance 

Robert  H.  Hallowell,  President,  ex  officio        Roger  Amory,  Treasurer,  ex  officio 
Roger  Amory,  Treasurer,  ex  officio  G.  Peabody  Gardner 

Gabriel  Farrell,  Secretary,  ex  officio  Ralph  Lowell 

Ralph  Lowell  John  P.  Chase 

Warren  Motley 

sub-committees 
Appointed  by  the  Executive  Committee 
Education  Health  and  Personnel  Vocations 

Robert  H.  Halllowell       Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.  Daniel  J.  Lyne 

Theodore  F.  Drury  Mrs.  Homer  Gage  Miss  Ellen  H.  Gleason 

Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D.  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson  Warren  Motley 

MONTHLY  VISITING  COMMITTEE 

Whose  duty  it  is  to  visit  and  inspect  the  Institution  at  least  once  in  each  month 

January    Warren  Motley  June  Theodore  F.  Drury 

February  Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.  September  Mrs.  Homer  Gage 

March       Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D.  October  Miss  Ellen  H.  Gleason 

April         Ralph  Lowell  November  Daniel  J.  Lyne 

May  G.  Peabody  Gardner  December  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson 

LADIES'  VISITING  COMMITTEE  TO  THE  KINDERGARTEN 

Mrs.  E.  Preble  Motley,  President 

Mrs.  Frederick  J.  Alley,  Secretary 
Miss  Andree  Cassels  Mrs.  Algernon  Coolidge 

Mrs.  Alfred  Kidder,  2d  Miss  Eleanor  S.  Parker 

Honorary  Members 
Mrs.  Larz  Anderson  Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott 

*  Appointed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth. 


OFFICERS   OF   ADMINISTRATION 

DIRECTOR 
GABRIEL  FARRELL,  B.S.,  B.D.,  D.D. 

DIRECTOR-EMERITUS 
EDWARD  E.  ALLEN,  A.B.,  D.Sc. 

OFFICE 
J.  Stephenson  Hemphill,  B.S.,  M.B.A.,  Bursar 

Mary  B.  Lockwood  Ethel  L.  Mackenzie 

Secretary  to  the  Director  Bookkeeper 

Verna  L.  Anderson  Ruth  E,  Marsden 

Secretary  to  the  Bursar  Assistant 

Marian  A.  KNOLLf  Lily  B.  HowARDf 

Ediphonist  Telephone  Operator 

Mrs.  Olive  W.  Putnam*  Frank  H.  GREENEf 

Receptionist  Assistant 

LIBRARY 

Mary  Estheir  Sawyer,  Librarian 
Florence  J.  Worth,  Circulation         Marion  A.  Woodworth,  Reference 

DEPARTMENT   OF  HEALTH 
Robert  S.  Palmer,  M.D.,  Attending  Physiciant 
Dera  Kinsey,  M.D.,  Attending  Physician 
Trygve  Gundersen,  M.D.t  Frank  R.  Ober,  M.D. 

Hugo  B.  C.  Riemer,  M.D.  Orthopedic  Surgeon 

Ophthalmologists  Charles  I.  Johnson,  M.D.J 

Allan  M.  Butler,  M.D.  Otologist 

Pediatrician  Reinhold  Ruelberg,  D.M.D. 

Henry  R.  Viets,  M.D.  Dentist  for  the  Lower  School 

Neurologist  Mark  D.  Elliott,  D.D.S.J 

Francis  R.  Dieuaide,  M.D.  George'  E.  Crowell,  D.D.S. 

Syphilologist  Dentist  for  the  Upper  School  , 

Almira  J.  Clark,  R.N.,  Resident  Nurse 

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DEPARTMENT   OF   PERSONNEL  AND   RESEARCH 

Samuel  P.  Hayes,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Psychologist 
Frances  E.  Marshall  Mrs.  Sina  F.  WAterhouse,  A.B.,  M.A.f 

Home  Visitor  Speech  Correction 

E.  Jane  Smith,  B.S.  M.  Albertina  Eastman,  B.S.f 

Psychotnetrist  Speech  Correction 

Bertha  L.  Cowen,  Secretary 

DEPARTMENT  OF  MAINTENANCE 
Nelson  Coon  Maurice  J.  Carroll 

Buildings  and  Grounds  Chief  Engineer 

*  Employed  part  time.  f  Visually  handicapped.  %  Absent  1944-1945 

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UPPER    SCHOOL   STAFF 

Allan  W.  Sherman,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Principal 
Elsie  H.  Simonds,  A.B.,  Supervisor  of  Girls 

COLLEGE  PREPARATORY  AND  LITERARY  DEPARTMENTS 
Leroy  Victor  Cleveland,  Th.B.      Armand  J.  Michaud,  A.B.,  M.A.f 
John  P,  Egan,  B.S.f  Bradford  W.  Newcomb,  B.S.f 

Ethel  D.  Evans  Marion  Brown  Newcomb,  A.B.,  M.A. 

Gertrude  S.  HARLOwf  Claudia  Potter,  A.B. 

Genevieve  M.  Haven,  A.B.,  Ed.M.  Clara  L.  Pratt 

Edward  J.  Waterhouse,  B.A.,  M.A.f 
Clarence  Shelnutt  Dorothy  A.  Rodgers,  B.S. 

Physical  Education  Physical  Education 

MUSIC  DEPARTMENT 
John  F.  Hart  well 
Edward  W.  Jenkins,  L.T.C.L.*t        Albert  R.  Raymond,  B.M.,  M.A.* 
Rachel  Quant,  A.B.  Louise  Seymour 

Elizabeth  C.  Hart  Mrs.  Virginia  B.  Raymond* 

COMMERCIAL  DEPARTMENT 
Mary  H.  Ferguson 
Guido  J.  Marchisio,  A.B.f  Mrs.  Vesta  V.  Coon,  B.S. 

VOCATIONAL  DEPARTMENT 
Julian  H.  Mabey 
David  Abraham  Frances  L.  McGaw 

Susan  M.  Brooks  Sharlie  M.  Chandler 

Douglas  CookJ  Mary  B.  Knowlton* 

Elwyn  H.  FowLERf  Frances  L.  Martin,  B.S. 

Sidney  B.  Durfee*!  Helen  Dunne,  B.S. 

Pianoforte  Tuning  Home  Economics 

MATRONS  OF  COTTAGES 
Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Keith,  Eliot  Mrs.  Ruth  E.  Geer,  Fisher 

Miss  Eva  L.  Jordan,  Bridgman  Mrs.  Pearl  Gosling,  Brooks 

Mrs.  Marion  B.  Newcombe,  Tompkins  Mrs.  Nellie  E.  H.  Hamill,  May 
Mrs.  Freda  Jablonske,  Moulton  Miss  Stella  S.  Eldridge,  Oliver 

DEPARTMENT  OF  TEACHER  TRAINING 
Dr.  Edward  E.  Allen 
Lecturer,  Graduate  School  of  Education,  Harvard  University 
Dr.  Gabriel  Farrell  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Hayes 

Lecturer,  Consulting  Psychologist, 

Graduate  School  of  Education  American  Foundation  for  the  Blind 

Harvard   University 

•  Employed  part  time.  t  Visually  handicapped.  t  Absent   1944-1945. 


LOVVER   SCHOOL   STAFF 

PRIMARY 
Mrs.  Aline  McDowell  Mrs.  Jessie  W.  Mayshark 

Paola  MEAUxf  Edward  Jacobs,  Jr.,  A.B.f 

Patricia  VocELf  Martha  L.  Winget,  B.F.A.f 


KINDERGARTEN 
Feodore  M.  Nicholls  Susan  E.  Morse 

Evelyn  Kaufman,  A.B.f  Florence  W.  Barbour,  A.B. 

Betty  NYEf  Helena  M.  DRAKEf 


SPECIAL  TEACHERS 

Eleanor  W.  Thayer,  A.B.,  Music  Paul  L.  Bauguss,*  Music 

Florence  E.  Murphy,  B.S.,  Margaret  A.  McKenzie,! 

Recreation  Handicrafts 

Margaret  MiLLER,t  Librarian 


MATRONS   OF   COTTAGES 

Mrs.  Mary  L.  Hunt,  Potter  Mrs.  Margaret  Luf,  Glover 

Mrs.  Affie  Plummer,  Assistant  Mrs.  Laura  B.  Eldridge,  Assistant 

Mrs.  Janet  G.  Hancock,  Anagnos  Ethel  M.  Goodwin,  Bradlee 

Gladys  Pothier,!  Assistant  Rose  M.  SALADiNO,t  Assistant 


DEAF-BLIND  DEPARTMENT 

N.  Maurine  Nilsson,  A.B.,  M.A. 
Alice  M.  Carpenter,  A.B.,  M.A.  Verna  Arnold 

MoLLiE  Cambridge,  A.B.f  Iva  E.  Comstock 

Rose  M.  DeDominicis,  B.S.  Karl  A.  KiRKMANf 

Madge  Dolph  Leo  F.  QuEENANf 

Joseph  E.  Jablonske  Judith  G.  Silvester 


WORKSHOP  FOR  ADULTS 
Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager  Mrs.  Ida  Mae  Dean,  Clerk 


HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS 
Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager  Mary  L.  Tully,  Clerk 

John  P.  Egan,  B.S.,f  Stereotyper 

*  Employed  part   time.  t  Visually    handicapped.  t  Absent    1944-1945. 

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MEMBERS  OF   THE  CORPORATION 


Allbright,   Clifford,    Weston 

Allen,   Edward  E.,  Cambridge 

Allen,  Mrs.   Edward   B.,   Cambridge 

AUen,  Hon.  Frank  G.,  Boston 

AUen,  Philip  R.,  Walpole 

AUen.  Mrs.   Philip  R.,   Walpole 

Alley,  Mrs.  Frederick  J.,   Boston 

Amory,  Robert,  Boston 

Amory,   Roger,   Boston 

Anderson,  Mrs.  Larz,  Brookline 

Appleton,  Francis  Henry,  Brookline 

Appleton,  Mrs.    Francis   Henry,   Brookline 

Bacon,  Hon.  Caspar  G.,  Dedham 

Ballantine,  Arthur  A.,   New  York 

Bancroft,  Miss  Eleanor  C,  Beverly 

Bartol,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Boston 

Barton,   George  Summer,  Worcester 

Bayne,  Mrs.  William,  3rd,  Westwood 

Beach,  Rev.  David  N.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Beatley,   Prof.  Ralph,  Cambridge 

Belash,  Constantine  A.,  Boston 

Belash,  Mrs.  Constantine  A.,  Boston 

Bird,  Miss  Ann,  East  Walpole 

Bird,  Mrs.  Francis  W.,  East  Walpole 

Blake,  Fordyce  T.,  Worcester 

Boardman,  Mrs.  E.   A.,  Boston 

Boyden,   Charles,  Dedham 

Boyden,  Mrs.  Charles,  Dedham 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Arthur  H.,  Cambridge 

Brooks,   Gorham,   Boston 

Brooks,  Lawrence  G.,  West  Medford 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Lawrence,  West  Medford 

Brown,  Mrs.  Charles  R.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

BuUard,   Miss  Ellen  T.,  Boston 

Bullock,  Chandler,  Worcester 

Burr,  I.  Tucker,  Jr.,  Boston 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Peterboro,  N.  H. 

Camp,  Mrs.  Edward  C,  Watertown 

Carter,  Richard  B.,  West  Newton 

Carter,   Mrs.   Richard  B.,  West  Newton 

Case,  Hon.  Norman  S.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Case,  Mrs.  Norman  S.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Cassels,   Miss  Andree,   Boston 

Chase,    John   P.,   Boston 

Choate,  Robert  B.,  Boston 

Claus,   Henry  T.,   Wilmington,  Del. 

Clifford,  John  H.,  New  Bedford 

Coffin,   Mrs.   Rockwell  A.,   Harwichport 

Coolidge,  Mrs    Algernon,  Boston 

Coolidge,  William  A.,  Boston 

Cotting,  Charles  E.,  Boston 

Crapo,  Henry  H.,  New  Bedford 

Crowninshield,   Francis  B.,   Boston 

Cunningham,  Edward,  Dedham 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Edward,  Jr.,  Dedham 

Curtis,  Charles  P.,  Jr.,  Boston 

Curtis,  James  F.,  Roslyn,  N.  Y. 

Curtis,  Louis,  Boston 

Curtis,  Richard  C,  Boston 

Cutler,    George    C,    Baltimore,    Md. 

Daley,  Mrs.   Francis   J.,   Somerville 

Danielson,  Richard  E.,  Boston 

Danielson,  Mrs.  Richard  E.,  Boston 

Day,  Mrs.  Frank  A.,  Newton     , 

Denny,  Dr.  George  P.,  Boston 

Dexter,  Miss  Harriett,  Boston 

Dolan,   William   G.,   Boston 

Dowd,  Mrs.   John  F.,   Roxbury 

Draper,  Eben  S.,   Hopedale 

Drury,  Theodore  F.,  Weston 

Dutton,  Mrs.  George  D.,  Walpole 

Eliot,   Amory,  Boston 

Eliot,  Rev.   Christopher  R.,   Cambridge 

Elliott,  Mrs.  Maud  Howe,   Newport,   R.  I. 


Emmons,  Mrs.  Robert  W.,   Boston 

Endicott,  Henry,   Boston 

Farrell,  Gabriel,  Watertown 

Farrell,  Mrs.  Gabriel,  Watertown 

Faxon,  Henry  H.,  M.D.,  Brookline 

Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B.,  Boston 

Fay,  Mrs.  Henry  H.,  Boston 

Fenno,  Mrs.  L.  C,  Boston 

Fitz,  Reginald,  M.D.,   Brookline 

Ford,  Lawrence  A.,  Beverly 

Foster,  Mrs.  Reginald,  Boston 

Fox,  Miss  Edith  M.,  Arlington 

French,  Miss  M.  Eunice,   Providence,  R.  I. 

Frothingham,   Mrs    L.  A.,   North  Easton 

Fuller,  George  F.,  Worcester 

Gage,  Mrs.  Homer,   Worcester 

Gage,  Miss  Mabel  C,  Worcester 

Gale,   Lyman   W.,    Boston 

Gardiner,  John  H.,  Brookline 

Gardner,  G.   Peabody,    Brookline 

Gaskill,  George  A.,  Worcester 

Gaskins,  Frederick  A.,  Milton 

Gavlord,    Emerson    C,    Chicopee 

Gilbert,   Carl  J.,   Needham 

Gilbert,   William  E.,  Springfield 

Gleason,  Mrs.  Cora  L.,  Rutland,  Vt. 

Gleason,  Miss  Ellen  H.,  Jamaica  Plain 

Gray,  Francis  C,  Boston 

Gray,  Roland,  Boston 

Greenough,  Mrs.  Henry  V.,   Brookline 

Greenough,  Malcolm  W.,  Boston 

Grew,   Edward  W.,  Boston 

Griswold,  Merrill,   Boston 

Gundersen.  Dr.  Trygve,   Brookline 

Gundersen,  Mrs.   Trygve,   Brookline 

Hall,  Miss   Minna  B.,   Brookline 

Hallowell,   Richard   P.,   2d,   Boston 

Hallowell,  Robert  H.,   Dedham 

Hallowell,  Mrs.  Robert  H.,  Dedham 

HalloweU,  Robert  H.,   Jr.,  Dover 

Hallowell,   Mrs.  Robert  H.,  Jr.,  Dover 

Harris,   Rev.   John  U.,   Chestnut  Hill 

Hayden,   J.  Willard,  Lexington 

Hayden,   Mrs.  J.  Willard,  Lexington 

Hemenway,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Milton 

Herter,   Christian   A.,   Boston 

Higginson,  Francis  L.,  Boston 

Hill,  Alfred  S.,  Somerville 

Hill,  Arthur  D.,  Boston 

Hinds,  Mrs.  E.   S.,  Boston 

Holmes,  Dr.  Henry  W.,  Cambridge 

Howard,  Mrs.  Henry  S.,  Jr.,  Newport,  R.  1. 

Howe,  James  C,  Boston 

Humbert,  Miss  W.  R.,  Boston 

Hunnewell,  Walter,  Boston 

Hunt,  James  R.,  Jr.,  Boston 

lasigi.   Miss   Marie   V.,    Boston 

Jackson,  Charles,   Jr.,  Boston 

Jackson,  Mrs.  James,   Westwood 

Jeffries,  J.  Amory,    Boston 

Johnson,  Arthur  S.,   Boston 

Kidder,  Mrs.  Alfred,  2d.,  Cambridge 

Kidder,  Mrs.  Henry  P.,  Meadville,   Penn. 

King,  Mrs.  James  G.,   Cambridge 

King,  Mrs.  Tarrant  P.,  Boston 

Lamb,   Mrs.  Horatio  A.,   Boston 

Lamb,   Miss  Rosamond,   Boston 

Latimer,  Mrs.   G.   D.,   Brookline 

Lawrence,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Brookline 

Lawrence,  Rev.  Frederic  C,  Brookline 

Lawrence,  .John  S.,  Boston 

Lawrence,  Rt.  Rev.  W.  Appleton,  Springfield 

Leavitt,  Rev.  Ashley  D.,  Brookline 

Ley,  Harold  A.,   New  York 


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MEMBERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION  (Cont.) 


Lincoln,   Mrs.   George  C,   Woodstock,   Conn. 

Lothrop,   Mrs.  Mary  B.,   Boston 

Levering,  Richard  S.,   Hoffman,    N.   C. 

Lovett,  Miss  Eleanor  H.,  New  London,  N.  H. 

Lowell,  James  H.,  Boston 

Lowell,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston 

Lowell,    Ralph,    Boston 

Luce,  Hon.  Robert,  Waltham 

Lyman,   Mrs.  Arthur  T.,   Westwood 

Lyman,  Mrs.  Ronald  T.,  Boston 

Lyne,   Daniel  J.,   Chestnut  HiU 

MacPhie,    Mrs.   Elmore  I.,   West  Newton 

Mason,   Mrs.   Charles   E.,   Brookline 

Mason,  Charles  E.,  Jr.,  Boston 

Mason,  Charles  F.,  Framingham 

Mayo-Smith,   Richmond,  Dedham 

McElwain,  R.  Franklin,   Holyoke 

Merrill,   Rev.  Boynton,  Columbus,  Ohio 

Merriman,  Mrs.  E.  Bruce,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Merriman,   Mrs.   Roger  B.,   Cambridge 

Minot,  James   J.,   Boston 

Monks,   Rev_   G.   Gardner,   Lenox 

Montagu,  Mrs.  H.  B.,  England 

Morison,   Samuel  Eliot,   Cambridge 

Motley,    Edward,    Concord 

Motley,  Mrs.   E.   Preble,    Boston 

Motley,  Warren,   Boston 

Myers,  Mrs.   John  W.,  Westwood 

Osgood,  Rev.   Phillips  E.,   Boston 

Parker,    Miss   Eleanor   S.,    Boston 

Parker,  William  A.,  Boston 

Parker,  W.  Stanley,  Boston 

Parkman,  Henry,  Jr.,  Boston 

Partridge,    Fred    F.,    Holyoke 

Peabody,  Rev.   Endicott,   Groton 

Peabody,  Harold,  Boston 

Perkins,    Mrs.    Charles   B.,   Jamaica   Plain 

Perkins,  Rev.  Palfrey,  Boston 

Pool,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  New  York  City 

Pratt,   George  D.,  Springfield 

Proctor,  James  H.,  Boston 

Prouty,  Robert  M.,  Hingham 

Prouty,  Mrs.  Robert  M.,  Hingham 

Putnam,   Mrs.   George  T.,  Dedham 

Rantoul,   Neal,  Boston 

Rice,  John  C,  Boston 

Richards,  Henry  H.,  Groton 

Richards,   John,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Richardson,  John,  Milton 

Richardson,   Mrs.   John,   Milton 

Robinson,   George  F.,   Watertown 


Rogers,  Mrs.  Robert  E.,  Cambridge 

Rogerson,  Francis  C,  Boston 

Saltonstall,   Hon.  Leverett,   Chestnut  Hill 

Saltonstall,   Mrs.    Leverett,    Chestnut  Hill 

Sargent,  Miss  Alice,  Brookline 

Sears,  Seth,  Brewster 

Shattuck,  Henry  L.,   Boston 

Shaw,  Mrs.  Carleton  A.,  Groton 

Sherrill,   Rt.   Rev.   Henry   K.,    Boston 

Sims,    Mrs.   William   S.,   Boston 

Slater,  Mrs^  H.  N.,  New  York 

Snow,  Mrs.  William  G.,   Newton  Centre 

Stafford,  Rev.  Russell  H.,  Brookline 

Stinson,  Mrs.  James,  Worcester 

Sturgis,   R.  Clipston,   Portsmouth,   N.  H. 

Sturgis,   S.  Warren,  Boston 

Sullivan,  Mrs.  James  A.,  Boston 

Swinerton,  Miss  Lenna  D.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Thayer,    John   E.,   Milton 

Theopold,  Philip  H.,  Dedham 

Thomas,   Mrs.   John   B.,   Boston 

Thorndike,    Albert,   Milton 

Thorndike,  Benjamin  A.  G.,  Dedham 

Thorndike,    Miss    Rosanna   D.,    Boston 

Tifft,    Eliphalet   T.,    Springfield 

Tilden,   Miss   Alice  F.,   Boston 

Tilden,  Miss  Edith  S.,  Boston 

Todd,  Francis  B.,  New  York 

Tufts,  John  F.,  Watertown 

Underwood,    Herbert    S.,    Winchester 

Van  Norden,  Mrs.  Grace  C,  Pittsfield 

Vaughan,  Miss  Bertha  H.,  Cambridge 

Vaughan,  Miss  Margaret  I.,  Haddonfield,  N.  J. 

Wadsworth,   Eliot,   Boston 

Warren,   Bentley  W.,   Boston 

Washburn,  Mrs.  Frederick  A.,  Boston 

Washburn,  Rev.  Henry  B.,  Cambridge 

Watson,  Mrs.   Thomas   A.,   Boston 

Wendell,   William   G.,   West   Hartford,   Conn. 

Wheelock,   Miss    Lucy,    Boston 

White,   Miss  Eliza  Orne,   Brookline 

Whittall,    Matthew    P.,    Worcester 

Wiggins,  Mrs.  Charles,  2d,  Dedham 

Wiggins,   Mrs.    John,    Wa-wa,    Penn. 

Wilder,  Charles  P.,  Worcester 

Wolcott,  Roger,  Boston 

Wright,   George  R.,    Cambridge 

Wright,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston 

Young,   B.   Loring,   Weston 

Zeilinski,   John,  Holyoke 


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SYNOPSIS   OF  THE   PROCEEDINGS   OF   THE   ANNUAL 
MEETING   OF   THE   CORPORATION 

Watertown,  November  6,  1944. 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation,  duly  summoned,  was 
held  today  at  the  Institution,  and  was  called  to  order  by  the  Presi- 
dent, Mr.  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  at  3  P.  M. 

The  Proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  annual  report  of  the  Trustees  was  presented  and  ordered  to 
be  printed. 

The  annual  report  of  the  Director  was  presented  and  ordered  to 
be  printed. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  was  presented,  accepted,  and 
ordered  to  be  printed,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  Certified 
Public  Accountant. 

Voted,  That  acts  and  expenditures,  made  and  authorized  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  or  by  any  committee  appointed  by  said  Board  of 
Trustees,  during  the  last  corporate  year,  be  and  are  hereby  ratified 
and  confirmed. 

On  the  nomination  of  the  Finance  Committee,  the  appointment 
by  the  Trustees  of  John  Montgomery,  Certified  Public  Accountant, 
as  auditor  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institution  was  confirmed. 

The  Corporation  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year,  and  the  following  persons  were  unanimously  elected 
by  ballot:  President,  Robert  H.  Hallowell;  Vice-President,  G. 
Peabody  Gardner;  Treasurer,  Roger  Amory;  Secretary,  Gabriel 
Farrell;  Trustees,  John  P.  Chase,  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson,  Mrs. 
Homer  Gage,  G.  Peabody  Gardner,  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  Henry  W. 
Holmes,  Ralph  Lowell,  and  Warren  Motley. 

The  following  were  elected  members  of  the  Corporation:  Mrs. 
Charles  W.  Hubbard,  3d,  Mrs.  Eliot  T.  Putnam,  Jr. 

The  Director  reported  that  Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott  was  observ- 
ing her  90th  birthday  on  Thursday,  November  9,  and  it  was 
unanimously  voted  that  a  resolution  expressing  greetings  and 
congratulations  be  presented  to  Mrs.  Elliott. 

WHEREAS  Maud  Howe  Elliott,  the  last  surviving  child  of 
Julia  Ward  Howe  and  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  first  Director  of 
Perkins  Institution,  is  on  November  9,  1944,  observing  her  90th 
birthday  and 

WHEREAS  Mrs.  Elliott  was  born  at  the  Institution  in  South 
Boston  and  lived  there  during  her  early  childhood  and  has 
throughout  her  life  maintained  an  affectionate  and  loyal  interest 
in  Perkins  Institution  and 

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WHEREAS  Mrs.  Elliott  has  been  a  member  of  the  Corporation 
since  1887  and  is  the  oldest  surviving  member : 

BE  IT  RESOLVED: 

that  the  Corporation  of  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts 
School  for  the  Blind,  assembled  for  its  annual  meeting  at  the 
Institution  in  Watertown  on  this  day,  November  6,  1944,  extend 
to  Maud  Hovi^e  Elliott  our  heartiest  greetings  on  her  90th 
birthday,  our  gratitude  for  her  lifelong  interest  in  the  school 
and  our  congratulations  upon  the  many  attainments  of  her 
long  life  and  our  good  Welshes  for  the  years  to  come. 

BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED: 

that  a  copy  of  this  resolution  be  spread  upon  the  minutes  of  this 
meeting  and  that  a  copy  be  presented  to  Mrs.  Elliott  in  person 
at  the  reception  to  be  held  in  her  honor  in  Newport  on  Novem- 
ber 9,  1944,  by  the  Secretary  and  Director. 

The  Director  briefly  review^ed  the  year  which  had  passed  and 
spoke  of  some  of  the  problems  that  have  been  brought  about  by  the 
war  and  how  they  are  being  solved.  He  spoke  of  the  part  the 
pupils  were  taking  in  work  about  the  grounds  and  of  the  fine  co- 
operation of  the  staff  in  remaining  loyal  to  the  school  and  always 
being  ready  to  assume  additional  duties  when  the  occasion  was 
required. 

Several  of  the  members  went  about  the  Main  Building  but 
because  of  the  inclement  weather  an  extensive  tour  of  the  grounds 
was  not  carried  out. 

The  meeting  was  then  dissolved. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
GABRIEL  FARRELL,  Secretary. 


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REPORT  OF   THE   TRUSTEES 

November  6,  1944. 

ON  BEHALF  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  I  submit  herewith  a 
brief  report  for  the  year  ending  August  31,  1944.  The  year 
has  been  an  uneventful  one  as  during  the  unsettled  period  of  the 
war,  it  has  seemed  inadvisable  to  embark  on  any  new  undertaking. 

In  the  reports  of  the  two  preceding  years,  your  attention  has 
been  called  to  the  decrease  in  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at  the 
school,  but  as  the  enrollment  at  the  opening  of  the  fall  term  this 
year  was  approximately  the  same  as  last  year,  we  have  reason  to 
believe  that  the  figures  have  been  stabilized  for  the  time  being. 
The  enrollment  in  the  kindergarten  and  lower  school  is  normal, 
the  decrease  is  largely  in  the  upper  school  from  which  several 
pupils  have  been  lured  into  industry  on  account  of  the  high  war 
wages  now  obtained. 

Our  buildings  have  capacity  for  four  hundred  pupils  and  staff 
and  the  total  number  is  now  three  hundred  and  sixty-six.  It  is  a 
pity  to  have  vacant  desks  and  partially  filled  dormitories,  but  no 
effort  has  been  spared  in  thoroughly  canvassing  the  visually  handi- 
capped boys  and  girls  of  New  England  to  explain  to  them  and  to 
their  parents  the  opportunities  Perkins  has  to  offer.  In  this  work 
we  have  had  the  hearty  cooperation  of  the  Massachusetts  Division 
of  the  Blind  of  which  Mr.  Arthur  F.  Sullivan,  a  Perkins  alumnus, 
is  Director. 

Our  hardest  hit  department  is  the  Harvard  Class  which  nor- 
mally has  an  enrollment  of  approximately  fifteen  and  now  has  only 
five.  This  advanced  class,  as  you  know,  trains  young  men  and 
women  both  sighted  and  blind  to  become  teachers  of  the  blind. 
Part  of  their  training  consists  in  giving  instruction  to  our  own 
pupils  and  this  loss  of  teaching  facilities  throws  a  heavier  burden 
on  our  regular  staff.  The  Harvard  Class  is  a  war  casualty  pure 
and  simple,  but  we  have  every  reason  to  believe  it  will  recuperate 
when  the  war  is  over. 

Our  property  at  Watertown  comprises  thirty-seven  acres  on 
which  there  are  twenty-five  buildings  with  seven  hundred  and 
seventy-six  rooms,  not  including  closets  and  similar  areas.  The 
upkeep  of  a  property  so  large  necessitates  the  expenditure  of  a 
considerable  sum  annually.  With  labor  so  scarce  and  priorities 
so  difficult,  your  Trustees  for  the  first  two  years  of  the  war  deemed 

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it  advisable  to  approve  only  those  repairs  and  improvements  that 
were  essential.  Last  year  this  policy  was  partially  reversed  as 
it  seemed  advisable  to  do  certain  things  which,  although  not  abso- 
lutely necessary,  would  in  the  long  run  prove  economical  if  per- 
formed now  before  further  deterioration  developed.  Consequently, 
during  the  summer  vacation,  Dwight  Hall,  the  Library,  and  the 
Lower  School  Hall  were  thoroughly  renovated,  acoustical  treatment 
and  new  lighting  fixtures  installed  in  the  gymnasium,  the  locker 
rooms  painted  and  rearranged,  and  many  other  smaller  items  re- 
ceived attention,  all  at  a  cost  of  approximately  $10,000.00.  Build- 
ings that  are  thirty-two  years  old  require  repairs  and  replacements 
in  an  increasing  ratio,  but  it  has  been  our  policy  to  keep  our  pro- 
perties in  first-class  condition  so  as  to  avoid  a  future  major  opera- 
tion. 

The  Treasurer's  report  which  follows  sets  forth  in  detail  the 
financial  operations  for  the  year.  The  Kindergarten  operated  at 
a  slight  profit,  while  there  was  a  small  loss  in  the  Institution.  This 
loss  is  accounted  for  partially  by  the  ever  lowering  return  on  prime 
investments  and  partially  by  the  smaller  amount  received  for  tui- 
tion. The  states  from  which  our  children  come  pay  us  $600.00  per 
pupil  which  is  less  than  half  the  per  capita  cost  for  board  and 
tuition.  As  the  number  of  pupils  decrease,  the  amount  received 
decreases  in  direct  proportion,  but  it  is  impossible  to  reduce  ex- 
penses in  the  same  proportion.  The  teaching  cost  for  a  class  of,  let 
us  say,  three  is  the  same  as  for  a  class  of  ten. 

The  year,  in  many  ways,  has  been  a  difficult  one  and  your 
Trustees  are  indeed  grateful  for  the  spirit  of  cooperation  and 
devotion  shown  by  every  member  of  the  staff.  From  the  Director 
all  down  the  line  they  have  accepted  additional  duties  and  respon- 
sibilities without  complaint  and  have  maintained  the  ideals  of 
Perkins  at  the  highest  level.    We  thank  them,  one  and  all. 

With  sorrowful  regret  we  report  the  death  of  Mrs.  George  H. 
Monks  who  for  more  than  forty  years  was  a  member  of  the  Ladies' 
Visiting  Committee.  Her  kindly,  sympathetic  advice  will  be  sorely 
missed.  With  equal  regret  we  report  the  death  of  other  members 
of  the  Corporation: — Mrs.  Henry  V.  Cunningham,  Mr.  Robert  H. 
Gardiner,  Mr.  Charles  Wiggins,  2d,  Mr.  Robert  Winsor,  and  Mrs. 
B.  L.  Young,  Sr. 

Respectfully  submitted  for  the  Trustees, 

ROBERT  H.  HALLOWELL, 

President. 

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BELISARIUS 

B.  about  505.  D.  565.  Byzantine  general  to  whom  Emperor  Justinian  chiefly 
owed  the  splendor  of  his  reign.  Won  many  great  victories.  Later  emperor  is  said 
to  have  caused  the  eyes  of  Belisarius  to  be  struck  out  and  he  was  obliged  to  beg 
bread  on  the  streets  of  Constantinople.  He  held  a  wooden  plate  and  called  to 
passers-by,  "Give  a  penny  to  Belisarius  the  General,"  which  has  become  a  well-known 
expression.  He  was  known  for  his  great  kindness  as  well  as  for  his  strict  discipline 
among  his  soldiers. 


REPORT   OF   THE   DIRECTOR 

November  6,  1944 
To  THE  Trustees  : 

THE  YEAR  which  closed  August  31  was  indecisive.  It  was 
hard  to  decide  whether  further  to  curtail  activities  because 
of  the  war  or  whether  to  initiate  new  projects.  The  year  before, 
the  first  year  of  the  war,  had  a  certain  decisiveness.  Many  activi- 
ties had  to  be  curtailed;  programs  in  connection  with  civilian 
defense  had  to  be  initiated.  This  year  these  programs,  well  organ- 
ized, lacked  the  stimulation  of  emergency  and  the  curtailment  of 
school  activity  left  several  loose  ends  and  a  certain  amount  of  free 
time.  This  resulted  in  a  restlessness  among  the  pupils  and  a  desire 
among  younger  staff  members  to  go  into  some  form  of  activity 
which  would  be  more  directly  associated  with  the  war.  Perhaps 
the  very  fact  that  we  have  carried  through  with  reasonable  success 
the  113th  year  of  the  Institution  and  the  13th  of  this  administration 
is  in  itself  significant.  At  least  the  year  is  behind  us  and  with 
the  quickened  hope  for  victory  and  decreasing  need  for  restricted 
activities  we  look  forward  with  growing  confidence  to  a  more 
positive  and  constructive  year. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  Civilian  Defense  Program, 
set  up  so  adequately  the  year  before,  was  reorganized  with  new 
members  and  drills  and  meetings  were  held  to  acquaint  personnel 
with  their  duties.  As  the  year  went  on  and  the  danger  of  attack 
lessened,  the  Perkins  unit,  in  common  with  others,  began  to  relax 
a  little  on  this  routine.  Later  when  the  blackout  was  lifted,  shades 
could  be  raised,  and  the  paint  could  be  taken  off  our  street  lights, 
there  was  considerably  less  decisiveness  about  maintaining  the  old 
defense  program.  Nevertheless  several  drills  were  held  during  the 
year  and  our  main  building  continued  to  be  considered  the  hospital 
for  any  community  needs. 

Fourth  War  Loan 

There  was  no   relaxation,   however,   in   other   forms   of  war 

activity.    The  Boy  and  Girl  Scouts  continued  their  salvage  efforts 

and  large  quantities  of  paper  and  metals  were  gathered  and  sold. 

Campaigns  to  assist  in  selling  stamps  and  bonds  were  intensified 

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and  Perkins  did  its  full  share  in  this  direction.  As  our  objective 
in  the  Fourth  War  Loan,  the  pupils  set  out  to  sell  among  themselves 
enough  war  stamps  to  buy  a  parachute.  They  not  only  succeeded  in 
this  but  also  bought  enough  to  provide  a  motor  scooter  and  a  life 
raft,  with  a  total  of  $432.60.  As  there  was  more  than  90%  partici- 
pation the  school  was  entitled  to  Minute  Man  Flags  and  these  were 
soon  hoisted  on  the  three  flag  poles  of  the  school.  In  recognition 
of  this  achievement,  on  February  4  three  veterans  spoke  to  the 
school.  On  February  25  a  jeep  driven  by  a  WAG  came  out  and  the 
pupils  took  turns  in  riding  about  the  grounds  in  it.  This  report 
does  not  include  members  of  the  staff,  who  did  their  share  also  in 
the  buying  of  war  stamps  and  bonds.  Many  of  the  staff  work  in 
hospitals  evenings  as  Nurses  Aides  and  in  the  Red  Cross  Canteen 
and  Blood  Donors  Centers.  Staff  members  and  also  pupils  have 
knitted  many  garments  for  the  Red  Cross. 

Record  should  also  be  made  of  other  efforts  which  have  their 
bearing  upon  the  war  and  the  helping  of  community  activities.  In 
the  Greater  Boston  War  Fund  Drive  the  staff  achieved  almost  100% 
participation,  with  contributions  totaling  $1,110.76.  In  March 
every  member  of  the  staff  and  practically  all  of  the  pupils  made  con- 
tributions in  the  drive  for  the  American  Red  Cross.  Pupils  con- 
tributed to  the  Junior  Red  Cross  $41.65  and  the  staff  raised  $720. 
On  February  8  the  pupils  presented  an  evening  of  entertainment 
requiring  the  purchase  of  a  war  stamp  for  admission  and  in  return 
for  this  the  members  of  the  staff  gave  an  amateur  show  on  the 
evening  of  March  10,  the  admission  fee  going  to  the  Red  Cross 
Fund. 

Recurring  Annual  Events 
In  addition  to  these  activities  of  war  and  community  interest 
there  were  the  usual  recurring  annual  events  of  school  life,  of  which 
record  should  be  made.  During  the  early  days  of  fall  the  athletic 
programs  were  at  their  height.  As  Bridgman  Cottage  was  closed 
and  the  other  three  cottages  were  divided  according  to  age,  the 
former  inter-cottage  program  among  the  four  houses  on  the  football 
field  could  not  be  carried  on.  The  boys  were,  therefore,  divided 
into  two  teams,  the  Blues  and  the  Whites,  which  competed  in  football 
during  the  fall.  The  annual  banquet  usually  given  by  the  winner 
was  omitted.  The  girls'  cottage  groups,  after  many  afternoons  of 
practice,  held  their  annual  Field  Day  on  October  29,  resulting  in  the 

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following  score :  Brooks  Cottage  39,  Oliver  Cottage  22,  May  Cottage 
17,  and  Fisher  Cottage  13. 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation  was  held  on  Monday, 
November  1,  at  which  time  simple  exercises  were  held  to  dedicate 
the  new  Chapel  window,  made  by  the  Connick  Studio,  in  memory  of 
General  Francis  Henry  Appleton  and  Mrs.  Appleton.  Present  at 
the  exercises  were  members  of  the  Appleton  family  and  friends, 
including  Frank  H.  Appleton,  Jr.,  donor  of  the  window,  and  the 
General's  great-granddaughter,  Nathalie  Hubbard,  who  drew  the 
cords  which  pulled  back  the  curtains  and  revealed  the  window.  As 
time  goes  on  the  loveliness  of  the  window  is  more  and  more  appre- 
ciated. It  has  done  much  to  enrich  the  Chapel  and  to  give  it  beauty 
and  dignity.  Two  annual  autumn  events  are  the  exercises  in  memory 
of  the  first  two  directors.  The  Founder's  Day  Exercises  commemo- 
rating Michael  Anagnos,  the  second  Director  and  founder  of  the 
Kindergarten,  were  held  at  the  Lower  School  on  November  5.  The 
Howe  Memorial  Club  conducted  the  exercises  commemorating 
Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  the  first  Director,  in  the  Chapel  of  the  Upper 
School  on  November  10.  Mr.  H.  H.  Richards  of  Groton,  grandson  of 
Dr.  Howe,  was  again  present  and  spoke  to  those  assembled  and 
brought  greetings  from  Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott,  the  only  surviving 
daughter  of  Dr.  Howe,  now  entering  her  90th  year. 

The  Chorus  Broadcasts 
The  autumn  is  a  busy  time  for  the  Music  Department  as  they 
begin  to  plan  and  prepare  for  the  annual  Christmas  Concerts.  These 
were  held  on  Thursday,  December  16,  and  Tuesday,  December  21, 
in  Dwight  Hall  at  the  school  and  on  Sunday  afternoon,  December  19, 
in  Jordan  Hall,  Boston.  All  three  concerts  were  well  attended  and 
the  chorus  commended  for  its  excellent  work.  The  fame  of  the 
chorus  reached  the  broadcasting  companies  and  a  request  was  made 
for  the  chorus  to  give  a  program,  with  a  message  by  the  Director, 
on  Christmas  morning  over  stations  WBZ  and  WBZA.  At  first 
this  did  not  seem  feasible  because  the  chorus  would  be  dispersed 
to  their  homes  at  that  time.  But  the  broadcast  men  were  equal 
to  this  situation  and  one  afternoon,  shortly  before  school  closed 
for  the  holiday,  the  full  program  was  rendered  in  the  school  chapel 
and  recorded.  On  Christmas  morning  many  members  of  the  chorus 
had  the  pleasure  of  hearing  themselves  sing,  as  the  recording  was 
broadcasted  on  that  day.  This  concert  made  such  a  favorable  im- 
pression that  Stations  WBZ  and  WBZA  requested  a  series  of  con- 

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certs.  The  school  chapel  was  wired  for  this  purpose  and  for  several 
Monday  evenings  during  the  winter  broadcasts  were  given  at  7:30 
P.  M.  Many  letters  were  received  from  all  over  New  England 
expressing  appreciation  of  the  concerts. 

School  reopened  after  the  Christmas  holidays  on  January  6. 
On  the  evenings  of  February  8  and  15  two  recitals  were  held  by 
the  Music  Department,  the  first  by  intermediate  pupils  and  the 
second  by  the  advanced  pupils.  On  March  23  and  24,  the  Boys' 
Dramatic  Club,  assisted  by  women  members  of  the  staff,  presented 
as  their  annual  play,  "The  Music  Master"  before  appreciative  audi- 
ences. Through  the  Langworthy  Theater  Fund  seventy-one  pupils 
attended  Othello,  Skin  of  Our  Teeth,  and  the  Clare  Tree  Major 
Plays. 

The  Athletic  Department  now  considers  wrestling  a  major 
sport,  and  during  the  year  a  team  of  eight  boys  carried  out  a 
strenuous  schedule.  In  January  the  team  had  two  matches  with 
Needham  High  School,  winning  one  and  losing  the  other.  On 
February  12  the  team  went  to  Andover  Academy  where  they  won  a 
victory.  The  following  Saturday  another  victory  was  achieved  over 
Tabor  Academy  at  Marion  where  Mr.  Sherman,  the  Principal,  for- 
merly taught.  On  Saturday,  February  26,  the  Perkins  team  met 
defeat  when  they  went  to  Exeter  to  wrestle  with  the  Academy  team 
and  they  were  again  defeated  on  March  11  when  the  Maryland 
School  for  the  Blind  brought  its  team  to  Perkins,  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Francis  M.  Andrews,  our  former  Principal. 

Spring  vacation,  which  comes  at  Easter  time,  began  on  March 
30  and  ended  on  April  11.  During  the  spring  term  the  Music  De- 
partment again  held  recitals  for  the  intermediate  and  advanced 
pupils  and  for  the  Pianoforte  Normal  Course  pupils.  These  were 
held  respectively  on  May  25,  June  1,  and  June  2.  Two  Library 
Associations  held  their  annual  meetings  at  Perkins.  On  April  26 
the  Charles  River  Library  Association,  made  up  of  librarians  of 
the  public  libraries  of  this  vicinity,  held  an  all  day  meeting.  On 
the  evening  of  May  22nd  the  Special  Libraries  Association,  con- 
sisting of  those  in  charge  of  special  libraries,  which  includes  Per- 
kins Institution  and  other  educational  and  business  libraries,  held 
their  meeting.  The  Director  spoke  at  both  of  these  gatherings. 
On  Friday  afternoon,  May  25,  the  annual  Memorial  Day  Exercises 
were  held  with  delegations  from  the  patriotic  organizations  of 
Watertown  conducting  the  program.    On  the  following  Saturday 

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JOHN  MILTON 

B.  in  London  December  9,  1608.  D.  London  November  8,  1674.  England's 
greatest  epic  poet.  His  father  was  an  organist.  John,  a  beautiful  child,  early  showed 
literary  proclivities.  Went  to  Christ's  College,  Cambridge.  Sight  lost  1652.  Mar- 
ried three  times.  Buried  St.  Giles  Church,  Cripplegate. 


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the  Girls'  Student  Council  held  a  very  interesting  and  enlivening 
May  Party  on  the  grounds.  The  speech  correction  class  on  May  31, 
under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  Waterhouse,  presented  "Western  Star," 
a  dramatic  poem  by  Stephen  Vincent  Benet,  with  Wayne  Moody, 
a  Senior,  taking  the  leading  part.  Track  meets  were  held  on  May  27 
and  June  3.  The  latter  was  held  at  Perkins  with  the  Overbrook 
team  as  guests  and  the  former  at  Baltimore  with  the  Maryland 
School.  Perkins  was  defeated  on  both  occasions  but  on  the  Baltimore 
trip  the  boys  had  a  full  day  in  Washington  and  a  stop-over  in 
New  York. 

Alumnae  Scholarship  Fund 

Graduation  events  really  begin  with  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Alumnae,  which  was  held  this  year  on  Saturday,  June  3,  when 
over  seventy  former  woman  graduates  of  the  school  returned  for  a 
day  of  reuning,  culminating  with  a  dinner  in  the  evening.  At  the 
business  meeting  it  was  voted  to  set  up  a  scholarship  fund,  the 
income  from  which  is  to  be  made  available  to  women  graduates  of 
Perkins  to  secure  postgraduate  study  at  Perkins  or  elsewhere.  To 
establish  this  fund,  $1500  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer 
to  hold  and  to  invest  as  a  special  fund.  A  tablet  commemorating 
the  services  of  Julia  E.  Burnham,  a  graduate  and  for  forty-five 
years  a  teacher  at  Perkins,  was  presented  and  dedicated  by  the 
Association.  The  Alumni  Association,  made  up  of  the  men  gradu- 
ates of  Perkins,  held  its  meeting  on  the  Saturday  following  gradua- 
tion, according  to  custom.  Being  a  holiday,  June  17,  a  large  number 
of  men  were  present  for  the  afternoon  session  and  for  the  banquet 
on  that  evening.  On  that  occasion  the  special  speaker  was  Dr. 
Edward  E.  Allen,  the  Director-Emeritus. 

Graduation  exercises  were  held  on  the  afternoon  of  June  15. 
The  invocation  was  given  by  the  Rev.  Edgar  W.  Anderson  of  the 
Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Watertown.  An  inspiring  address 
was  made  on  this  occasion  by  the  Most  Reverend  Richard  J.  Gushing, 
D.D.,  LL.D,,  Administrator  of  the  Archdiocese  of  Boston,  and  since 
then  appointed  Archbishop.  Diplomas  were  awarded  at  the  gradua- 
tion exercises  by  President  Robert  H.  Hallowell  to  Chiararose 
Larato,  Margaret  E.  Tebbetts,  Selma  L.  Tirocchi,  John  J.  Hart, 
and  Wayne  S.  Moody  who  had  completed  the  requirements  for 
graduation  from  high  school.  A  certificate  from  the  Manual  Train- 
ing Department  was  given  to  Dorothy  Reynolds  and  a  certificate 
indicating  completion  of  the  Pianoforte  Normal  Course  was  awarded 
to  Bernice  Bauman.    Three  young  women,  present  during  the  year 

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on  National  Scholarships,  were  awarded  certificates  as  proficient 
Ediphonists  from  the  Ediphone  Company.  They  were :  Lelia  Jensen 
from  Montana,  Marion  A.  Knoll  from  Michigan,  and  Jacqueline 
Woodward  from  Florida. 

Academic  Recognition 

Mention  should  be  made  of  other  Perkins  people  who  received 
academic  recognition  during  the  year.  On  October  31  James  D. 
Delaney,  Perkins  '40,  received  the  degree  of  B.S.  from  Holy  Cross 
College.  In  February  John  Morrison,  Perkins  '40,  was  graduated 
from  Notre  Dame  University,  Magna  Cum  Laude,  having  an  average 
of  over  93  for  the  four  year  course.  During  his  freshman  year 
he  was  president  of  his  class  of  over  1000.  He  has  been  awarded 
a  fellowship  which  enables  him  to  continue  at  Notre  Dame  for 
graduate  study  in  philosophy.  Ralph  Savio,  who  came  to  Perkins 
in  1941  as  a  special  student,  received  a  certificate  from  the  Piano 
Tuning  Department.  During  the  past  year  he  took  courses  at  Nylin 
Institute  of  Physio-therapy  and  was  certified  as  a  masseur.  He  also 
carried  on  special  studies  under  the  direction  of  the  Lawrence  High 
School,  the  city  in  which  he  lives,  and  passed  examinations  which 
enabled  him  to  receive  a  diploma  as  a  graduate  of  that  school.  He 
has  been  accepted  for  admission  at  Harvard  and  begins  his  studies 
in  November.  Albert  Gayzagian,  who  attended  Perkins  from  Kin- 
dergarten through  the  Eighth  Grade,  and  then  transferred  to  the 
Watertown  High  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  June, 
has  also  been  accepted  by  Harvard.  John  Di  Francesco  received 
in  June  the  degree  of  B.A.  from  the  New  England  Conservatory 
of  Music.  John  entered  the  Kindergarten  at  Perkins  and  continued 
living  at  the  school  while  attending  the  Conservatory.  Adelaide 
M.  Feliciano,  Perkins  '40,  was  graduated  from  Emmanuel  College 
in  June  and  in  the  same  month  M.  Fay  Bresnahan,  Perkins  '40, 
received  her  degree  from  Regis  College. 

About  fifty  members  of  the  chorus  remained  at  the  school  after 
graduation  in  order  to  participate  in  the  great  pageant  presented 
by  the  United  Nations  Association  at  Symphony  Hall  on  Sunday 
evening,  June  19.  The  Chorus  was  highly  featured  in  the  program 
and  their  singing  received  wide  commendation.  The  American 
Association  of  Instructors  of  the  Blind  held  their  biennial  conven- 
tion at  the  Arkansas  School  for  the  Blind  in  Little  Rock,  June 
26-30.  The  Director  and  the  Principal  attended,  the  Director  making 
a  report  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Legislation  and  also 

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speaking  on  the  problem  of  the  war  blinded.  Fifteen  girls  had 
vacations  at  Camp  Allen,  Bedford,  N.  H.,  while  eleven  boys  were 
able  to  go  to  camp  through  the  generosity  of  the  Boston  Committee 
for  the  Blind,  who  make  an  annual  contribution  for  this  purpose. 

Health  of  the  School 

The  health  of  the  school  this  year  has  been  unusually  good. 
Not  for  many  years  have  we  gone  through  an  entire  year  without 
the  necessity  of  isolating  at  least  one  cottage  for  infectious  disease. 
All  of  the  students  receiving  careful  medical  examinations  and  1963 
visits  were  made  to  the  school  dispensary.  Thirty-eight  children 
were  referred  to  specialized  clinics  at  the  Massachusetts  General 
Hospital.  The  Public  Health  Department  again  sent  out  its  staff 
to  take  X-rays  for  Tuberculosis  and  examined  sixty-two  pupils. 

The  good  health  record  is  due  to  the  constant  care  of  the  school 
physician.  Dr.  Kinsey,  and  to  the  alert  attention  to  the  first  signs 
of  illness  by  the  Matrons  and  Miss  Clark,  the  school  nurse.  Another 
factor  which  may  have  helped  this  year  was  the  purchase  of  a 
Burdick  ultra-violet  ray  lamp  which  made  possible  sunbath  treat- 
ments at  regular  intervals  for  the  pupils  during  the  winter  months. 
Members  of  the  staff  were  also  urged  to  take  advantage  of  this  form 
of  therapy.  Perhaps  73,000  vitamin  pills  also  helped  and  certainly 
regular  athletic  programs  and  gym  work  aimed  at  physical  fitness 
were  contributing  forces. 

Dr.  Riemer,  the  opthalmologist,  examined  all  of  the  new  pupils, 
forty-two  in  number,  early  in  the  year  and  on  his  recommendation 
a  number  were  sent  to  the  clinic  for  treatment,  and  in  thirteen  cases 
for  operations.  One  of  these  was  a  corneal  transplant  which  gave 
a  boy  a  little  more  vision  than  he  had.  Ninety-two  children  were 
examined  during  the  year  and  a  total  of  fifty-seven  were  referred 
to  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  for  treatment  and 
twenty-two  had  glasses  prescribed.  Dr.  Reimer  has  been  generous 
with  his  time  and  most  understanding  with  our  pupils,  for  which 
we  are  grateful.  And  to  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary 
appreciation  is  also  due  for  all  they  do  for  our  boys  and  girls. 

The  Principal  Reports 

This  year  being  his  second,  Mr.  Sherman,  the  principal,  felt 

in  a  position  to  make  some  changes  after  his  first  year  of  study 

and  observation.  These  were  worked  out  through  committees  of  the 

faculty  and  many  faculty  group  meetings.  In  that  way  it  was  possi- 

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ble  to  capitalize  on  the  experience  of  the  older  teachers  and  also  to 
combine  the  new  ideas  which  were  introduced  by  new  teachers.  "In 
keeping  with  the  strongest  Perkins'  tradition,"  writes  Mr.  Sherman 
in  his  report,  "we  have  maintained  an  intense  academic  program. 
We  feel  that  our  standards  have  been  kept  high,  and  that  those 
people  who  have  completed  Perkins'  training  are  well  equipped  to 
enter  upon  a  useful  life. 

"In  continuing  our  intense  academic  program,  a  committee 
formed  in  1942  called  the  Marks-Study  Committee  thought  it  de- 
sirable to  define  more  carefully  our  marking  system  and  advised 
more  frequent  evaluation  of  pupils'  progress.  We  now  have  marks 
once  each  month,  and  for  the  High  School,  we  have  inserted  regular 
periods  for  mid-year  and  final  examinations.  As  a  result  of  this 
more  frequent  marking,  we  have  felt  it  desirable  to  develop  an 
honor  list  composed  of  both  the  Junior  and  Senior  High  School 
students.  About  ten  per  cent  of  the  students  are  on  this  list,  their 
names  taken  as  those  who  have  achieved  excellence  in  scholarship. 

"In  order  to  protect  study  time  and  to  give  ample  opportunity 
for  daily  preparation  of  assigned  work,  it  was  felt  desirable  to  add 
a  regular  evening  study  period  to  the  week's  study  time.  We  now 
have  a  full  hour  of  study  each  evening,  Monday  through  Friday 
for  the  junior  high,  and  one  hour  and  a  half  study  each  evening  for 
senior  high  school  pupils.  In  addition  to  this  study  time,  a  morning 
period  from  eight-thirty  until  nine  o'clock  has  been  marked  off  in 
the  schedule  as  a  regular  study  period.  This  period  has  also  served 
admirably  as  a  time  for  hospital  visits,  and  as  a  period  in  which 
Chapel  Exercises  might  be  continued  without  cutting  into  the 
regular  academic  class  time.  It  is  generally  felt  that  these  have 
been  very  helpful  changes  in  the  schedule. 

"The  Visual-Aid  Classes,  begun  in  the  previous  school  year 
with  the  outfitting  of  the  Visual-Aid  Room  adequately  illuminated, 
have  furnished  us  with  an  interesting  experiment  in  the  field  of 
educating  visually-handicapped  children.  To  say  that  we  have,  as  a 
result  of  this  experience,  arrived  at  a  solution  for  residential 
schools  for  the  blind  of  the  problem  of  providing  adequately  for 
those  pupils  with  residual  vision  would  be  over-optimistic.  The  fact 
that  we  have  arrived  at  a  better  understanding  of  the  problems  of 
these  children  and  that  we  have  gained  a  better  indication  of  the 
limitations  and  possibilities  of  this  training  is  sufficient  ground  for 
justifying  its  continuance  on  an  experimental  basis. 

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VALENTIN  HAUY 

B.  1745  in  Picardy.  D.  March  19,  1822.  Often  called  "Father  of  the  Blind." 
Educated  by  the  Canons  of  Premontre  and  afterwards  went  to  Paris  to  complete 
his  studies.  In  September  1771,  seeing  ten  blind  men  in  a  cafe  being  ridiculed 
while  singing  off  key,  Haiiy  resolved  to  teach  the  blind  to  read  and  to  sing.  This 
work  began  in  1784.  Alexander,  Emperor  of  Russia,  sent  for  him  to  found  a 
school.  He  went  in  September  1806  and  returned  to  France  in  1817.  Founded 
Association  Valentin  Haiiy,  still  in  existence  in  Paris. 


"During  the  first  year  of  this  program  we  attempted  what  is 
called  a  'cooperative'  plan  which  involved  the  pupils  attending 
regular  classes  and  reporting  to  the  Visual-Aid  Room  only  for  those 
subjects  in  which  it  was  felt  they  could  profit  most.  In  the  second 
year,  we  tried  the  so-called  'segregated'  plan  of  allowing  the  pupils 
to  remain  in  the  Visual-Aid  Room  for  all  regular  school  work.  We 
are  forced  to  conclude  now  that  the  'cooperative'  plan  is  much  more 
satisfactory  for  our  purposes  here.  We  are  further  led  to  the  con- 
clusion that  it  is  impossible  for  our  students  with  residual  vision 
to  get  along  without  the  fundamental  skills  of  braille  reading  and 
writing  if  they  are  to  make  the  most  of  their  educational  opportuni- 
ties. 

"The  opportunity  for  some  of  our  pupils  to  receive  pre-voca- 
tional  training  in  machine  work  through  the  cooperation  of  the 
Newton  Trade  School  was  continued  this  year.  Unfortunately  only 
two  of  our  pupils  were  able  to  benefit  by  this  training.  One  young 
man  attended  the  trade  school  on  a  part-time  basis,  but  this  plan  did 
not  work  out  satisfactorily  because  of  the  time  involved  in  travel- 
ling to  and  from  Watertown.  The  other  student,  who  was  able  to 
carry  the  full-time  program  by  dropping  his  academic  work,  is 
now  regularly  employed. 

"While  our  boys  have  benefited  by  this  plan,  it  cannot  be 
looked  upon  as  permanent,  partly  because  it  is  necessary  to  give 
full  time  in  order  to  receive  the  most  benefit  from  it  and  also  be- 
cause it  is  required  that  one  accept  a  position  just  as  soon  as 
training  is  completed.  From  our  point  of  view,  however,  it  has 
given  us  an  opportunity  to  explore  the  possibilities  of  machine  train- 
ing, and  our  experience  leads  us  to  believe  that  this  is  a  form  of 
training  that  will  have  to  be  more  fully  developed  in  the  future. 
As  we  are  living  in  a  Machine  Age,  our  pupils  must  be  familiar 
with  machines  and  their  operation.  In  the  reorganization  of  the 
Manual  Training  Department  which  must  be  undertaken  shortly 
to  bring  it  in  line  with  the  more  advanced  schools,  there  will  have 
to  be  provision  for  this  form  of  instruction.  This  will  involve  the 
purchase  and  installation  of  the  necessary  tools  and  equipment," 

The  Bursar  Reports 
The  Bursar,  Mr.  Hemphill,  in  making  his  report  for  the  year 
states  that  the  point  which  is  most  gratifying  and  for  which  he  is 
most  thankful  is  the  loyalty  of  the  men  and  women  of  the  house- 
hold and  maintenance  staff,  chiefly  the  relatively  large  number  who 

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have  stood  by.  "The  value  of  the  loyal  people,"  he  writes,  "is  meas- 
ured largely  by  the  difficulties  in  replacing  those  who  did  not  remain 
with  us.  This  has  been  an  unceasing  problem  throughout  the  year, 
but  generally  speaking  the  maintenance  staff  has  been  kept  up  so  that 
the  school  has  operated  without  difficulty.  These  members  who  have 
remained  with  us  not  only  carried  on  their  full  measure  of  work  but 
also  practically  all  of  them  have  done  over  time  and  in  this  way 
the  buildings  and  grounds  and  the  services  pertaining  thereto  have 
not  gotten  behind.  * 

"During  the  week  prior  to  the  opening  of  school,  in  both  the 
year  which  has  already  passed  and  the  year  that  is  opening,  there 
has  been  the  same  difficulty  in  securing  the  large  number  of  women 
who  formerly  came  in  to  clean  up  the.  houses  and  get  them  open. 
On  both  occasions  this  difficulty  has  been  solved  by  the  early  return 
of  about  a  dozen  older  pupils,  boys  and  girls,  who  have  taken  hold 
of  these  tasks  under  the  direction  of  the  matrons  and  have  won  the 
approval  of  everyone  both  by  their  thoroughness  and  by  their  good 
spirit  about  this  work.  Appreciation  should  again  be  expressed  for 
the  boys  and  girls  who  formulate  the  Victory  Peelers,  a  rotating 
plan  whereby  the  pupils  of  the  Upper  School  take  turns  in  preparing 
the  vegetables  for  the  kitchens.  The  Victory  Peelers  have  made  a 
great  contribution  in  relieving  some  of  the  personnel  problems  in 
the  don^estic  department. 

"At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  plan  tried  out  in  the  girls* 
close  of  operating  one  kitchen  for  two  cottages  was  applied  to  the 
boys'  close  and  it  has  worked  out  with  the  same  success.  This  has 
reduced  the  number  of  cooks  from  twelve  to  eight  and  that  has  been 
a  factor  in  itself.  Food  to  be  prepared  in  the  kitchens  has  been 
secured  not  easily  but  in  sufficient  quantity  to  meet  our  needs.  It 
has  not  been  an  easy  task  but  it  has  been  accomplished.  The  in- 
stallation at  the  beginning  of  the  year  of  the  refrigerator  for 
frozen  foods  was  a  tremendous  help  in  enabling  us  to  keep  large 
supplies  of  perishable  foods  on  hand.  This  has  done  more  than 
anything  else  in  the  solution  of  the  food  problem  during  the  past 

year." 

The  Home  Visitor  Reports 

Miss  Marshall,  the  home  visitor  and  social  worker,  has  not  been 
on  the  road  very  much  this  year,  although  she  has  gone  out  to  look 
up  cases  on  which  family  backgrounds  are  needed  and  has  travelled 
quite  a  little  to  keep  in  contact  with  state  officials  and  discuss  with 
them  their  relations  to  the  school.   On  these  trips  she  makes  a  point 

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of  visiting  families  on  the  way  back  and  forth  to  her  several  points 
of  travel.  Miss  Marshall  has,  however,  taken  over  important  tasks 
in  the  school  formerly  handled  by  Miss  Fish,  the  registrar.  She 
assigns  the  pupils  to  their  rooms  and  works  with  all  of  the  matrons 
in  matters  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  pupils.  She  has  also 
maintained  the  school  records  and  made  out  the  many  reports  which 
are  required  by  the  state  officials  and  trustees. 

"Home  visiting,"  writes  Miss  Marshall,  "continues  to  be  of  in- 
estimable assistance  to  all  those  who  come  in  contact  with  students 
in  order  to  formulate  decisions  regarding  future  plans  and  actions 
for  them.  All  new  pupils'  homes  in  the  New  England  area  were 
visited  and,  with  these  visits  as  a  basis  and  reports  from  agencies 
to  whom  these  families  were  known,  a  history  was  then  assembled 
for  each  pupil.  As  in  the  past,  during  contacts  with  the  families, 
,  interpretation  of  the  school  educational  policy  could  be  made.  Other 
specific  problems  necessitating  home  visits  are  similar  to  those  of 
former  years;  namely,  care  for  the  child  to  be  discharged  because 
of  mental  retardation  or  emotional  difficulty  (in  several  instances 
this  required  admission  to  suitable  institutions),  problems  of  health, 
future  and  vocational  plans,  foster-home  care  or  placement,  and  be- 
havior problems. 
1^  "For  some  time  the  need  has  been  felt  to  interview  parents  of  a 

prospective  pupil  and  to  have  their  child  seen  and  examined  by 
Dr.  Hayes  prior  to  determining  his  eligibility.  In  this  way  we  hope 
to  safeguard  the  school  and  not  admit  children  who  are  either 
physically  or  mentally  unable  to  benefit  from  the  school  program. 
During  the  year,  therefore,  this  plan  was  followed  in  so  far  as  was 
practical." 

The  Harvard  Class 
The  Harvard  Class  began  the  year  with  four  members,  the 
smallest  class  that  has  been  assembled  in  years.  This  is  due  largely 
to  the  ample  opportunities  which  exist  for  employment.  Early  in 
the  year  one  member  withdrew  and  during  the  second  half  year 
two  of  the  members  continued  under  the  new  plan  of  taking  courses 
at  Harvard,  while  the  third  member  elected  courses  at  Boston  Uni- 
versity which  were  not  directly  related  with  our  field.  For  the 
twenty-fourth  year  Dr.  Allen  continued  to  give  his  lectures.  During 
the  first  half  year  these  were  supplemented  by  many  speakers  from 
outside,  with  the  program  under  the  general  guidance  of  Dr.  Hayes. 
A  number  of  teachers  and  several  people  from  outside  attended  the 
lectures.   The  small  Harvard  Class  this  year  has  made  us  conscious 

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of  the  contribution  which  the  members  make  to  the  school.  Usually 
one  thinks  in  terms  of  what  Perkins  and  Harvard  are  able  to  do 
for  these  young  people  but  as  part  of  their  training  they  have  been 
very  helpful  in  the  cottages  and  they  have  also  furnished  an  ever 
willing  corps  of  substitute  teachers,  ready  to  fill  vacancies  due  to 
illness  or  other  causes.  Without  them  this  year  we  were  more  aware 
of  how  much  help  they  have  been  and  if  the  class  is  small  next  year 
it  may  be  necessary  to  employ  two  or  three  people  to  do  substitute 
teaching  and  to  carry  on  some  of  the  work  which  these  people 
did  in  the  cottages. 

The  Deaf-Blind 

Only  one  new  pupil  was  admitted  to  the  Deaf -Blind  Department 
this  year,  Myrtle  Deleat,  an  eight  year  old  girl  coming  from  Wis- 
consin. She  is  making  reasonably  good  progress,  although  not  as 
outstanding  as  some  of  the  other  pupils.  Perhaps  the  deaf-blind 
pupil  who  has  attracted  the  most  attention  this  year  is  Robert 
Smithdas,  an  eighteen  year  old  boy  from  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania. 
He  is  not  only  an  excellent  student  but  became  one  of  the  star 
members  of  the  school  wrestling  team,  winning  most  of  his  matches 
in  the  tournaments  held  at  some  of  the  leading  preparatory  schools. 
Robert  is  a  large  strong  boy,  totally  blind  and  deaf,  but  with  a  fine 
physique  and  an  excellent  mind.  He  was  sent  here  for  the  special 
training  which  Perkins  can  give  and  on  our  recommendation  is  re- 
turning next  year  because  in  one  more  year  he  can  meet  the  require- 
ments for  graduation  from  high  school.  The  other  pupils  are 
Leonard  Dowdy  from  Missouri,  Juanita  Morgan  from  Colorado, 
Carmella  Otero  from  New  Jersey,  Edgar  Pittman  from  Idaho,  Betty 
Rinsem  from  Minnestoa,  Gloria  Shipman  from  Missouri,  and  also 
Grace  Casella  from  Massachusetts  and  Allan  Witham  from  New 
Hampshire  both  of  whom  are  hard  of  hearing  blind  children  but  are 
included  in  the  Department  for  special  work. 

"Under  Dr.  Hayes'  direction,"  Miss  Nillson  reports,  "several 
achievement  and  I.Q.  tests  were  given  Leonard  Dowdy,  Robert 
Smithdas,  and  Grace  Casella.  Robert  Smithdas  was  given  the  Sones- 
Harry  Achievement  test.  Leonard  Dowdy,  a  totally  deaf-blind  boy, 
made  some  measurable  progress.  It  is  the  desire  of  the  department 
to  have  enough  comparable  children  over  a  period  of  years  to  estab- 
lish scientific  measurements  for  the  deaf-blind.  Dr.  I.  R.  Richards, 
one  of  the  founders  of  Basic  English,  has  shown  an  interest  in  the 
department  and  a  desire  to  work  out  a  Basic  English  for  the  deaf- 
blind.   It  is  hoped  this  can  be  accomplished  next  year." 

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Although  we  had  several  applications  for  other  deaf -blind  chil- 
dren, we  could  not  accept  them  because  it  was  impossible  to  find 
adequately  trained  teachers.  We  were  not  able  to  fill  the  position 
left  vacant  by  the  resignation  of  Miss  Huset.  In  the  middle  of  the 
year  Miss  Iva  E.  Comstock  was  engaged  to  become  attendant  to  the 
deaf-blind  boy  from  Idaho.  The  department  is  looking  forward  to 
next  year  because  two  teachers  have  already  been  engaged.  Miss 
Alice  M.  Carpenter,  A.B.,  M.A.,  a  member  of  the  1937  Harvard  Class 
and  before  and  after  that  time,  until  her  return  home  on  the 
Gripsholm  last  spring,  head  of  the  Ming  Sum  School  for  the  Blind 
in  Canton,  China.  While  in  the  Harvard  Class  Miss  Carpenter 
worked  with  the  deaf-blind  children  and  she  will  be  of  great  help 
to  the  department.  Miss  Madge  Dolph  comes  from  the  Virginia 
School  for  the  Deaf  and  Blind  and  before  that  was  with  the  New 
York  School  for  the  Deaf.  She  brings  a  long  experience  in  the  field 
of  the  deaf.  With  the  promise  of  these  two  new  teachers,  two  new 
pupils  have  been  accepted  for  next  year,  a  seven  year  old  girl  from 
West  Virginia  and  an  eight  year  old  boy  from  Kansas. 

During  the  year  the  Annual  Appeal  was  sent  out  and  a  very 
satisfactory  response  was  made.  This  was  not  as  large  as  last 
year,  due  partly  to  the  times  but  perhaps  chiefly  to  the  fact  that  in 
the  appeal  we  announced  that  we  had  not  as  large  a  department  as 
in  former  years  due  to  the  conditions  named  above.  Four  hundred 
and  ninety-two  subscriptions  were  received  from  thirty-four  states 
and  countries,  totaling  $5,972.60. 

School  Enrollment 

Registration  of  pupils  as  of  October  1,  1944,  was  236.  This  is 
a  gain  of  two  over  a  year  ago  but  hardly  enough  change  to  be 
significant.  One  of  the  two  additional  pupils  is  in  the  Deaf-Blind 
Department.  Not  counting  the  deaf-blind  children,  registration  in 
the  Upper  and  Lower  School  is  practically  a  reverse  of  last  year. 
Last  year  we  had  116  boys  and  girls  in  the  Lower  School  and  110  in 
the  Upper  School.  This  year  we  have  111  in  the  Lower  School  and 
116  in  the  Upper  School.  This  accounts  for  the  other  additional  pupil. 

During  the  year  forty-two  students  were  admitted  to  the  school, 
thirty-one  entered  in  September  and  the  remainder  during  the  year. 
There  were  five  members  in  the  graduating  class  and  there  were  six 
who  completed  training  in  post-graduate  work  or  in  manual 
training.  During  the  year  thirteen  students  left  to  obtain  employ- 
ment, nine  returned  to  their  homes  to  reenter  public  schools,  either 

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in  the  regular  or  Sight-Saving  Classes.  Some  of  them  had  regained 
sight  through  treatment  or  operations.  Several  students  came  to 
Perkins  having  too  much  sight  to  remain  here.  There  were  three 
pupils  withdrawn  by  parents,  six  discharged  because  of  failure  to 
progress,  two  because  they  had  progressed  as  far  as  possible,  and  in 
all  there  were,  therefore,  forty-four  discharges  throughout  the  year. 
The  only  unique  situation  about  the  enrollment  is  the  one 
mentioned  last  year,  the  large  ratio  of  boys  in  the  Lower  School  as 
C9mpared  with  girls.  This  y.ear  we  have  seventy-two  boys  and  forty- 
four  girls  in  the  Lower  School  with  the  reverse  situation,  but  in 
not  such  a  large  ratio,  in  the  Upper  School,  where  there  are  sixty 
girls  to  fifty  boys.  The  unusually  large  number  of  boys  in  the  Lower 
School  made  necessary  a  considerable  change  in  our  living  arrange- 
ments. It  was  found  to  be  impossible  to  quarter  all  of  the  boys  who 
normally  belong  in  the  Lower  School  within  their  two  cottages.  The 
two  Kindergarten  Cottages  accommodate  both  boys  and  girls  but 
the  Primary  Cottages  are  separate.  Glover  Cottage  for  the  girls  has 
space  to  spare  but  it  was  absolutely  impossible  to  get  all  of  the 
Primary  boys  into  Potter  Cottage.  It  was,  therefore,  necessary  to 
reopen  Bridgman  Cottage  on  the  boys'  side  of  the  Upper  School 
which  has  been  closed  for  two  years.  There  we  have  housed  the 
sixth  grade  boys  who  really  belong  to  the  Lower  School  and  who  go 
back  to  the  Lower  School  for  classroom  work.  In  addition  we  moved 
over  some  of  the  older  boys  in  the  Special  Class  and  we  put  into  that 
cottage  the  seventh  grade  boys  who  would  normally  move  from  the 
Lower  to  the  Upper  School. 

Staff  Changes 
There  were  more  resignations  this  year  than  normally,  due 
largely  to  the  circumstances  of  the  war.  Two,  however,  were  retired 
under  the  Retirement  Plan  which  Perkins  holds  with  the  Equitable 
Life  Assurance  Association.  These  were  both  in  the  Music  Depart- 
ment, Miss  Mabel  A.  Starbird,  for  thirty-three  years  teacher  of 
voice  in  the  Upper  School  and  Miss  Naomi  K.  Gring,  for  thirty- 
seven  years  teacher  of  piano  in  the  Lower  School.  Three  Navy  wives, 
Mrs.  Irene  M.  O'Connor  and  Mrs.  Patricia  M.  Taylor,  both  teachers 
in  the  Lower  School,  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  L.  Rew,  physiotherapist, 
left  as  they  were  able  to  rejoin  their  husbands.  Other  resignations 
in  the  Lower  School  were:  Mrs.  Marguerite  M.  Wherity,  Miss 
Elizabeth  Schantz,  Miss  Judith  Greenstein,  and  Miss  Barbara 
Wilson. 

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Four  teachers  resigned  from  the  Upper  School  in  June.  Asun- 
cion Aponte,  who  came  to  Perkins  to  take  the  Harvard  Course  and 
remained  to  teach  for  two  years  because  of  difficulty  in  transporta- 
tion, returned  to  his  home  in  Puerto  Rico  where  he  will  take  a 
teaching  position  in  the  Puerto  Rican  School  for  the  Blind.  C.  Jane 
Lawrence  resigned  from  the  Manual  Training  Department  for  over- 
seas Red  Cross  work  and  Alice  Cornelison,  teacher  of  mathematics, 
joined  the  Red  Cross  and  is  now  at  the  Center  for  Blinded  Soldiers 
at  Avon,  Connecticut.  Frangcon  Jones,  who  taught  science  last  year, 
returned  to  the  University  of  New  Hampshire  to  finish  his  studies. 
In  November  Matthew  Di  Martino,  for  thirteen  years  in  charge  of 
physical  education  in  the  boys  Upper  School,  resigned  to  accept  a 
position  as  Placement  Officer  for  the  Blind  in  Rhode  Island,  his 
home  state.  He  is  now  in  charge  of  physical  education  at  the  Center 
for  Blinded  Soldiers  at  Avon,  Connecticut. 

Dr.  Rupert  A.  Chittick,  of  the  McLean  Hospital,  who  has 
been  consultant  in  psychiatry  for  three  years  and  has  been  very 
helpful  in  dealing  with  emotional  problems,  resigned  as  he  has  been 
appointed  head  of  the  State  Hospital  in  Vermont.  Miss  Inis  B.  Hall, 
who  has  been  in  charge  of  the  Deaf -Blind  Department  for  ten  years 
and  on  leave  of  absence  for  the  past  two  years,  resigned  to  accept 
a  position  in  charge  of  deaf-blind  children  in  the  California  School 
for  the  Blind.  Other  resignations  in  June  include  Mrs.  Mattie  B. 
Carter,  who  has  been  connected  with  Perkins  for  seventeen  years, 
and  in  recent  years  has  taken  children  back  and  forth  from  the 
hospital;  Miss  Elizabeth  C.  Oliver,  nutritionist;  Miss  Sarah  C. 
Tyler,  psychometrist ;  Mrs.  Marian  R.  Woolston,  matron  of  Oliver 
Cottage,  and  during  the  year  Mrs.  May  A.  Roche,  matron  of  Potter 
Cottage  and  Miss  Amanda  Harmening,  matron  of  Tompkins  Cot- 
tage. 

New  Staff  Members 

New  appointments  for  this  year  are  relatively  small,  due  partly 
to  the  lower  enrollment  but  chiefly  to  the  reassigning  of  duties  to 
other  teachers.  In  the  Lower  School  Miss  Florence  W.  Barbour 
became  teacher  of  the  Kindergarten,  being  transferred  from  the 
Upper  School;  Miss  Helena  Drake,  formerly  with  the  Deaf- 
Blind  Department,  has  taken  charge  of  the  third  grade ;  Mr.  Edward 
Jacobs,  Jr.,  formerly  a  teacher  in  the  Maryland  School  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Harvard  Class  of  two  years  ago,  has  become  teacher  of 
the  sixth  grade  and  also  master  of  Bridgman  Cottage  where  the 
sixth  grade  is  now  living.    The  fourth  grade  is  being  taught  by 

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Miss  Paola  Meaux,  exchange  teacher  from  the  Alabama  School  and 
Miss  Patricia  Vogel,  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Class  who  did  prac- 
tice teaching  here  last  year  prior  to  her  graduation  from  the  Bridge- 
water  State  College  in  June. 

New  members  of  the  staff  in  the  Upper  School  are :  Leroy  Victor 
Cleveland,  Th.B.,  teacher  of  science;  Mrs.  Marion  Brown  Newcomb, 
A.B.,  M.A.,  teacher  of  English  and  Matron  of  Tompkins  Cottage; 
Mrs.  Vesta  V.  Coon,  B.S.,  teacher  in  the  Commercial  Department; 
Miss  Helen  Dunne,  B.S.,  teacher  in  the  Department  of  Home  Eco- 
nomics; Miss  E.  Jane  Smith,  A.B.,  of  last  year's  Harvard  Class, 
psychometrist  in  the  Department  of  Personnel;  Miss  Marion  A. 
Knoll,  who  completed  her  work  in  the  post-graduate  department  at 
Perkins,  Ediphonist  in  the  Administration  Offices.  John  P.  Egan, 
B.S.,  of  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  took  over  additional  duties  as 
teacher  of  mathematics.  Miss  Eva  L.  Jordan,  formerly  Matron  in 
Potter  Cottage,  became  Matron  of  Bridgman  Cottage  while  Mrs. 
Mary  Hunt  assumed  the  matronship  of  Potter  Cottage,  assisted  by 
Mrs.  Affie  Plummer.  Miss  Stella  S.  Eldridge  became  Matron  of 
Oliver  Cottage. 

A  new  feature  which  did  much  to  help  the  morale  of  the  staff 
was  the  opening  of  a  faculty  club  in  Bridgman  Cottage.  This  pro- 
vided a  central  place  for  the  staff  to  meet  and  was  greatly  appre- 
ciated. A  ping-pong  table  and  equipment,  presented  by  Mrs.  Homer 
Gage,  added  to  the  enjoyment.  One  night  each  week  a  cottage  served 
coffee  and  this  brought  together  congenial  groups.  During  the 
winter  term  tea  was  served  on  frequent  Wednesday  afternoons  at 
the  Director's  Cottage. 

Perhaps  the  most  potent  lift  to  the  morale  came  during  the 
summer  when  the  Trustees  voted  to  grant  each  member  of  the  staff 
living  on  the  grounds  supplementary  compensation  equalling  a 
month's  salary  for  each  person  employed  three  years  or  more  and  a 
half  month's  salary  for  those  employed  under  three  years.  As  re- 
ported last  year,  members  of  the  staff  living  off  the  grounds  had 
their  compensation  supplemented  15%  by  a  cost  of  living  plan. 
This  did  not  apply  to  those  who  live  on  the  grounds  and  to  have  the 
additional  compensation  this  summer  meant  a  great  deal,  especially 
to  the  teachers  who  are  paid  on  a  ten  months  basis. 

While  additional  compensation  is  a  tangible  way  of  expressing 
appreciation,  opportunity  must  be  taken  to  put  on  record  the  great 
gratitude  that  we  owe  to  the  teachers  and  all  of  the  members  of  the 
staff  who  during  this  past  year  have  been  so  loyal  and  have  been  so 

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JOHANN  WILHELM  KLEIN 

B.  1765.  D.  May  12,  1848.  Director  Institution  for  the  Education  of  the  Blind 
in  Vienna.  Son  of  a  state  official.  Director  of  Department  of  Welfare  1803-1826, 
where  he  became  acquainted  with  the  blind.  He  early  attempted  to  educate  them. 
Argued  strongly  for  a  place  for  the  blind  in  public  schools  and  was  successful  in 
this.  When  first  pupil  graduated  he  realized  the  difficulty  of  the  blind  to  get  work. 
Through  relentless  efiforts  he  managed  to  open  a  welfare  and  workshop  for  blind  in 
1826.  Too  much  opposition  and  in  1842  he  withdrew  and  devoted  the  rest  of  his 
life  to  education. 


ready  to  accept  additional  duties  and  to  adjust  their  own  affairs  to 
meet  the  exigencies  of  the  times.  Perkins  is  fortunate  in  having 
such  a  loyal  group  of  workers  and  the  Director  wants  herewith  to 
express  his  appreciation  of  them.  Additional  duties  have  been  taken 
cheerfully  and  the  restlessness  which  was  apparent  during  the  year 
was  handled  with  sympathy  and  understanding.  Although  several 
members  of  the  staff  left  at  the  end  of  the  year  it  is  not  hard  to 
understand  the  desire,  especially  of  the  younger  people,  to  get  into 
some  more  active  form  of  work  associated  with  the  war  effort.  The 
great  majority,  however,  are  standing  by  and  carrying  on  with  their 
work  so  that  our  program  for  blind  children  is  unabated. 

Legislation  for  the  Blind 

As  stated  in  the  last  report,  the  Director  was  appointed  in 
October,  1943,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Legislation  of  the 
American  Association  of  Instructors  of  the  Blind  and  later  was 
elected  Chairman  of  the  Joint  Committee,  representing  that  organi- 
zation and  also  the  American  Association  of  Workers  for  the  Blind. 
Attention  at  that  time  was  focussed  on  the  formulation  and  passing 
of  two  important  pieces  of  legislation  which  had  a  bearing  on  the 
blind.  The  first  was  the  amendment  of  the  Rehabilitation  Act  of 
1920  by  the  Barden-LaFollette  Bill.  Passed  by  the  Congress  as 
Public  113,  July  6,  1943,  it  set  up  the  office  of  Vocational  Rehabilita- 
tion in  the  Federal  Security  Agency.  The  second  was  the  passing 
of  the  Clark-Walsh  Bill  which  became  on  March  24,  1943,  Public  16. 
This  Bill  authorized  a  program  for  the  retraining  of  disabled  vet- 
erans, including  the  blind.  During  this  past  year  interest  has  cen- 
tered in  the  implementing  of  this  legislation  and  some  comment 
upon  the  present  activities  may  be  of  interest. 

How  the  Barden-LaFollette  Legislation,  Public  113,  is  admin- 
istered will  have  a  very  important  bearing  on  work  for  the  blind. 
Under  this  act  facilities  for  rehabilitation  are  greatly  increased.  The 
Federal  Government  will  pay  half  the  cost  of  "any  service  necessary 
tq  render  a  disabled  individual  fit  to  engage  in  remunerative  occupa- 
tion." It  will  also  pay  the  full  cost  of  vocational  counsellors  and 
placement  agents.  To  be  approved,  however,  the  state  plan  must 
"provide  that  vocational  rehabilitation  shall  be  made  available  only 
to  classes  of  employable  individuals  defined  by  the  Administrator." 

While  the  promise  of  this  legislation  now  looks  bright  for  the 
blind,  there  is  a  possibility  of  its  later  nullification  through  the 
definition  by  the  Administrator  of  the  word  "employable."   Almost 

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anyone  is  considered  employable  now,  but  when  the  war  demand 
abates,  will  employers  be  so  ready  to  employ  the  blind  and  will  the 
Administrator  of  the  rehabilitation  program  consider  the  blind  em- 
ployable? The  ultimate  benefits  of  this  Act  depend  upon  the  inter- 
pretation of  that  word,  and  our  experience  in  the  past  has  not  been 
too  favorable.  Workers  for  the  blind  must  be  alert  to  this  possibility 
and  be  prepared  to  train  blind  persons  so  effectively  that  they  will 
be  employable,  and  blind  persons  must  be  prepared  to  work  so  effi- 
ciently that  employers  will  want  their  services. 

Perkins  has  already  had  inquiries  from  several  states  asking 
what  special  courses  are  offered  which  will  be  available  in  the  train- 
ing and  rehabilitating  of  blind  adults.  We  have  applications  from 
students  in  Rhode  Island  and  Vermont  for  training  on  the  basis  of 
this  legislation.  These  pupils  and  inquiries  make  it  imperative  for 
Perkins  to  study  to  what  degree  and  under  what  conditions  we  can 
extend  our  program  to  include  adults.  The  Trustees  have  authorized 
that  studies  be  made  during  this  coming  year  to  see  what  we  can  do 
to  provide  training  which  will  be  helpful  under  this  legislation.  At 
the  present  time  the  problem  is  not  pressing  because  most  blind 
people  seeking  employment  can  find  work.  Later,  however,  when 
the  demand  for  workers  is  not  so  great  there  will  be  need  for  guid- 
ance, training  and  placement,  because  we  will  have  to  sell  our  people 
on  the  basis  of  being  able  to  do  a  good  job,  and  capable  of  competing 
with  seeing  people. 

Program  for  War  Blinded 

The  second  important  piece  of  legislation  of  1943  was  the 
Clark-Walsh  Bill  (Public  16),  which  placed  the  authority  and  the 
responsibility  for  the  rehabilitation  of  all  disabled  service  men  and 
women  in  the  hands  of  the  Veterans  Administration.  A  week  after 
the  Bill  was  signed  by  the  President  the  Veterans  Administration 
issued  an  order  to  all  regional  offices  to  set  up  Vocational  Rehabili- 
tation Divisions.  It  was  indicated  at  that  time,  however,  that  there 
would  be  established  in  Washington  a  central  office  directing  the 
program  for  the  blind  apart  |rom  other  disabilities.  In  the  report 
of  last  year  it  was  said  that  the  Veterans  Administration  had  ap- 
pointed Maurice  I.  Tynan,  Perkins  '14,  formerly  associated  with  the 
Services  for  the  Blind,  United  States  Office  of  Education,  as  Admin- 
istrator of  the  Rehabilitation  Program  for  the  blind.  Mr.  Tynan  was 
later  succeeded  by  Dr.  Albert  E.  Croft,  who  has  inaugurated  a  far 
reaching  program  which  makes  available  to  blinded  veterans  every 
facility  provided  by  this  legislation. 

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WHen  blinded  soldiers  began  to  appear  the  Army  decided  to 
concentrate  them  chiefly  in  the  Valley  Forge  General  Hospital, 
Phoenixville,  Pennsylvania  with  a  smaller  center  at  the  Letterman 
General  Hospital  in  San  Francisco,  later  changed  to  the  Dibble  Gen- 
eral Hospital,  Menlo  Park,  California.  A  worker  in  the  Dibble  Gen- 
eral Hospital  is  John  R.  Millon,  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Class  at 
Perkins  three  years  ago.  The  Navy  has  grouped  its  blinded  sailors 
at  the  Naval  Hospital  in  Philadelphia  where  a  relatively  small  num- 
ber has  been  reported. 

Army  Opens  Center 

On  recommendation  of  the  President's  committee  in  January, 
1944,  the  Office  of  the  Surgeon  General  announced  that  it  would  open 
a  center  for  blinded  service  men  and  women  of  the  Army  and  Navy 
somewhere  near  the  Valley  Forge  Hospital  and  the  Naval  Hospital 
and  that  there  would  be  no  further  discharges  of  blinded  service 
men  until  the  center  opened.  After  considering  several  sites,  a  boys 
school  at  Avon,  Connecticut  was  selected  and  on  July  21  the  Old 
Farms  Convalescent  Hospital  was  opened  for  blinded  service  men 
under  the  command  of  Col.  Frederic  Thorne,  M.D.,  U.S.A.  This  was 
to  be  equipped  for  200  men  and  at  the  time  of  writing  there  are 
about  fifty  blinded  soldiers  there. 

During  this  formative  period  offers  of  assistance  have  been 
made  to  the  officers  at  the  Surgeon  General's  Office  and  the  Veterans 
Administration  and  a  number  of  suggestions  have  been  submitted. 
Several  visits  have  been  made  to  the  Old  Farms  Convalescent  Hos- 
pital and  also  to  the  Valley  Forge  Hospital.  Under  the  leadership  of 
Lt.  Col.  James  N.  Greear,  Jr.,  M.D.,  A.U.S.,  the  program  at  Valley 
Forge  has  made  considerable  progress.  There  the  men  receive  every 
medical  and  surgical  care  supplemented  by  a  program  of  adjust- 
ment and  preliminary  training.  When  this  is  completed  the  men 
are  transferred  to  Old  Farms.  The  program  at  Old  Farms  is  to 
teach  men  social  independence,  explore  special  aptitudes,  and  to 
make  recommendations  for  further  vocational  training  and  rehabili- 
tation. The  men  are  then  discharged  from  the  Army,  transferred 
to  the  care  of  the  Veterans  Administration,  and  become  eligible  for 
pensions.  On  the  basis  of  recommendations  the  Veterans  Admin- 
istration proposes  to  provide  vocational  training  and  placement  for 
the  men  who  wish  it.  They  do  not  plan  to  set  up  a  new  training 
center  but  to  use  existing  facilities  according  to  the  special  needs. 
Fortunately  the   number  of  blinded   soldiers   and   sailors   is   still 

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relatively  small.  The  only  official  statement  made  so  far  regarding 
the  number  was  seventy-three  in  March,  1944,  but  unofficial  esti- 
mates now  place  the  number  at  about  two  hundred  and  fifty. 

Articles  On  War  Blinded 

Two  articles  on  the  war  blinded  have  been  written  by  the  Di- 
rector. The  June,  1943,  issue  of  the  "Survey,"  the  leading  magazine 
in  the  field  of  Social  Service,  had  an  article  entitled  "For  Those  in 
Darkness"  and  the  April,  1944  number  of  "Hygeia,"  the  magazine 
of  the  American  Medical  Association,  carried  "Help  for  the  Blinded 
Soldier."  In  addition  to  these  two  articles  the  Director  also  printed 
in  the  "Lantern"  for  June,  1944  a  paper  on  the  English  War  Blinded. 
For  the  April,  1944  number  of  the  "Journal  of  Exceptional  Children" 
he  wrote  an  account  of  the  Harvard-Perkins  Course,  which  is  a 
tribute  to  Dr.  Allen  and  his  leadership  in  the  field  of  training  teach- 
ers for  the  blind  and  a  review  of  the  twenty-four  years  of  this 
course.  The  Director  reviewed  for  the  "Survey"  Magazine  and  also 
for  the  "Harvard  Education  Review"  the  book  "Education  and 
Health  of  the  Partially  Seeing  Child"  by  Mrs,  Winifred  Hathaway. 

The  Regents  of  the  University  of  Bombay  (India)  appointed 
the  Director  to  be  one  of  three  people,  one  in  India  and  the  other 
in  England,  to  review  the  thesis  submitted  for  a  Ph.D.  degree  by 
Ras  Mohan  Haider,  a  former  member  of  the  Harvard  Class.  At  the 
request  of  the  Russell  Sage  Foundation  the  Director  prepared  for 
the  Social  Work  Year  Book  for  1945  the  article  on  Blindness  in  the 
United  States.  In  June  he  was  called  to  Washington  to  assist  the 
Office  of  Vocational  Rehabilitation  in  the  writing  of  certain  legisla- 
tion in  that  field  and  in  August  appeared  before  a  Congressional 
Committee  investigating  the  physically  handicapped  in  this  country. 
All  of  these  are  submitted  as  evidence  of  the  way  people  turn  to 
Perkins  for  leadership  and  counsel  in  the  field  of  blindness.  We  feel 
confident  that  it  is  the  desire  of  the  Trustees  that  Perkins  should 
be  more  than  a  school  for  a  limited  number  of  children  and  that  we 
have  a  responsibility  to  assist  in  every  activity  that  will  help  the 
blind  and  to  contribute  to  any  program  that  aims  to  solve  problems 
inherent  to  blindness. 

GABRIEL  FARRELL,  Director. 


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DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH 
OPHTHALMOLOGIST'S  REPORT 

THE   NUMBER   of  children  examined   during  the  year   were 
ninety-two.  There  were  forty-two  new  admissions  during  the 
year.   Those  examined  during  the  year  are  classified  as  follows: 

Classification  of  Causes  of  Blindness  by  Site    (Topography) 
and  Type  of  Affection. 

Eyeball,  in  General  Crystalline  Lens: 

Hypertension  (Glaucoma) 3  Cataract  22 

Refractive  errors:  Dislocated  lens  : 1 

Myopia  2 

Endophthalmitis   1       1^3  ^nd  Ciliary  Body  : 

Structural  anomalies  : 

Albinism   3  I""^  ^ 

Megalophthalmos  (Bupthalmos)  5 

Microphthalmos  7       Choroid  and  Retina: 

Aniridia  3  Disseminated   choroiditis    1 

Degenerative  changes :  Retinitis    proliferans    1 

Disorganized   eyeball    (Phthisis  ^^^ir^^^..SZ:=Z      I 

Bulbi)     S  Separated  retina  2 

Retinoblastoma    2 

Cornea:  Optic  Nerve: 

Interstitial  keratitis  1  Optic  nerve  atrophy  11 

Tuberculous  keratitis   1 

Leucoma  6       Miscellaneous  and  Ill-defined: 

Perforation  1  Amblyopia    6 

Nystagmvts   2 

Total  92 

The  Etiological  Cause  of  Blindness  is  as  follows: 

78  are  presumably  due  to  hereditary  or  congenital  causes. 
14  are  probably  due  to  infectious   diseases. 

1  is  due  to  trauma. 

2  are  due  to  tumors. 

2  are  due  to  separated  retina. 

A  total  of  fifty-seven  were  referred  for  treatment  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary.  Twenty-eight  of  these  were  exam- 
ined for  glasses;  twenty-two  had  glasses  prescribed;  thirteen  had 
operations. 

Operations  performed: 

Iridectomy    4  Cataract  extraction  1 

Linear  extraction  1  Discission      6 

Corneal  transplant  1 

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Comment : 

I  would  recommend  that  as  far  as  it  is  possible  the  medical 
and  surgical  treatment  of  those  applying  for  admission  be  com- 
pleted before  admission.  It  has  occurred  that  a  simple  operation 
performed  on  those  admitted  as  blind  restored  their  eyesight  so 
that  they  no  longer  could  be  considered  as  blind.  It  might  be  well 
to  have  the  ophthalmologist  review  the  records  of  those  applying 
for  admission. 

H.  B.  C.  RIEMER,  M.D. 


PHYSICIANS  AND  NURSE'S  REPORT 

The  following  is  the  report  of  the  Medical  Department  at 
Perkins  for  the  year  1943-1944 : 

Operations:  Communicable  Disease  Prophylaxis: 

Intestinal  obstruction   1  X-ray  Chest  62 

Tonsillectomy-Adnoidectomy  5  Vaccination    8 

Excision  of  Tumor  1  Schick  Test  28 

Lacerations  requiring  suturing  4  Immunization    22 

Appendectomy     2  Dick  Test  56 

Incision  and  Drainage  1  Immunization    32 

Ingrown  toenail  1  Widal  16 

Fractures:  Basal  Metabolism  2 

Tibia  and  Fibula  1  Electrocardiogram    1 

CoUes   2      Special  Vaccines  Administered 

Finger   2  Cold  vaccine  38 

Communicable  Diseases  Furunculosis  vaccine  4 

German  Measles   1 

Chicken   Pox   1 

Pneumonia   1 

The  medical  department  has  had  a  very  satisfactory  year 
so  far  as  serious  illnesses  or  contagious  problems  are  concerned. 
There  were  no  deaths.  There  was  a  minimum  number  of  school 
hours  lost.  Thirty-eight  patients  were  referred  to  specialized 
clinics  in  the  Out-Patient  Department  of  the  Massachusetts  Gen- 
eral Hospital  during  the  year.  We  were  very  pleased  to  have  a 
Burdick  ultra-violet  ray  lamp  added  to  our  equipment  this  year. 

DERA  KINSEY,   M.   D. 

MIRA  CLARK,  R.  N. 
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DENTIST'S  REPORT,  UPPER  SCHOOL 

The  following  is  the  report  of  the  dental  operations  performed 
for  the  pupils  of  the  Upper  School  for  the  past  year,  1943 — 1944 : 

Amalgams  160               Silver  Nitrate   20 

Cements    129               Treatment    12 

Prophylaxes     37              X-rays    13 

Extractions    15               Restorations    (Davis  Crowns)    2 

Surgical  removal  of  three  teeth  under  General  Anesthetic. 

GEORGE  E.  CROWELL,  D.M.D. 


DENTIST'S  REPORT,  LOWER  SCHOOL 

During  the  school  year  ending  June,  1944,  the  following  dental 

work  was  performed  for  the  pupils  attending  the  Kindergarten  for 
the  Blind. 

Alloy  fillings   308        Temporary  teeth  extracted  24 

Cement  fillings   8       Permanent  teeth  extracted  6 

Cement  and  Alloy  fillings  6       Special  three  quarter  veneer  1 

Synthetic   porcelain   fillings    27        Upper  school   emergencies    4 

Prophylactic  treatments    108       X-ray  8 

Number  of  teeth  devitalized   1        Number  of  pupils  completed  106 

Number  of  treatments  3        Number  of  new  pupils  completed  25 

Miscellaneous  treatments  41        Total   number  of  pupils   treated    110 

Silver    nitrate    treatments    123 

REINHOLD  RUELBERG,  D.M.D. 


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WORKSHOP  FOR  ADULTS 

THE  YEAR  has  been  an  active  one  for  us  as  we  received  20% 
more  mattresses  for  renovation  than  last  year.  State  and  city 
institutions  sent  us  over  500  more  mattresses  this  year  than  last, 
and  we  had  quite  an  increase  in  the  number  received  from  individual 
patrons.  Our  workers  were  busy  even  during  the  usual  dull  winter 
months,  and  were  paid  more  wages  than  last  year,  almost  as  much 
as  in  our  banner  year  of  1941  when  the  Workshop  Department  spon- 
sored the  activities  of  the  Blind  Artisans  of  New  England.  Our 
seamstresses  were  particularly  busy,  as  in  addition  to  mattress  and 
pillow  tickings,  they  made  3,800  laundry  bags  for  Service  Schools 
and  hospitals,  1,500  ditty  bags  for  Navy  Post  Exchanges,  and 
30,000  tiny  salt  bags  for  a  greeting  card  company.  These  were 
articles  originally  developed  by  Blind  Artisans,  and  they  added  over 
$4,000.00  to  our  sales  for  the  year,  which  totalled  $57,086.16,  the 
largest  we  ever  had. 

The  Howe  Memorial  Press  was  also  quite  active,  disposing  of 
many  more  appliances  and  games  than  last  year.  Many  were 
ordered  for  hospitals  caring  for  blinded  servicemen,  and  by  Red 
Cross  groups.  Our  printer,  William  E.  Wyckoflf,  was  inducted  into 
the  Army  in  February.  This  is  the  third  of  our  employees  to  leave 
our  Workshop  for  the  service. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  work  done  and  wages  paid 
in  the  Workshop  Department  during  the  fiscal  years  1943  and  1944 : 

1H3  19  U 

Mattresses  received  from  institutions,  etc 2,001  2,566 

Mattresses  received  from  individuals  1,946  2,196 

Total  mattresses  received  '. 3,947  4,762 

Mattresses  received  through  the  Division  of  the 

Blind 1,355  1,801 

New  horsehair  sold,  pounds  6,000  6,550 

Customers'  hair  received,  pounds   134,312  163,136 

Mattresses  remade   3,868  4,544 

Chairs  recaned   2,425  2,022 

Wages  paid  to  seamstresses  $2,810.36       $3,026.08 

Wages  paid  to  mattressmakers  10,418.53       11,887.33 

Wages  paid  to  chaircaners  4,121.47        3,376.60 

Total  wages  to  blind  workers  $17,350.36     $18,290.01 

Sales  for  the  year  $52,117.41     $57,086.16 

FRANK  C.  BRYAN. 

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WILLIAM  HICKLING  PRESCOTT 

B.  May  4,  1796,  D.  January  28,  1859.  Historian.  Born  Salem,  Massachusetts. 
Entered  Harvard  as  sophomore  1814.  In  junior  year  struck  in  the  left  eye  by  a 
bread  crust.  Sight  in  it  was  immediately  and  permanently  destroyed.  Two  years 
later  inflammation  of  right  eye  grew  steadily  worse;  he  had  use  of  it  for  short 
periods  only  and  at  cost  of  much  pain.  Gave  up  study  of  law  and  turned  to  literary 
career;  chose  history.  All  books,  etc.  had  to  be  read  to  him.  Most  generous;  his 
favorite  charity  is  said  to  have  been  Perkins  Institution. 


HOWE   MEMORIAL    PRESS 

Work  Account  for  the  Year  Ending  August  31,  1944 

Literature  Pages  Embossed: 

Upper  School,  books,  periodicals,  etc 2,439 

Library  o;f  Congress,  12  books  in  45  volumes  8,248 

Music  Pages  Embossed: 

Upper  School,  8  instrumental  and  26  vocal  pieces  482 

Lower  School,  12  piano  pieces  46 


11,215 


Printing  : 

Literature  pages  273,282 

Music  pages  22,308 

Miscellaneous  — 170,485 


466,075 


Made  Distributed  Total 

Appliances  and  Games..                 this  year  this  year     1907  to  19H 

Pocket  slates  1,205  1,390  26,276 

Desk  slates  804  1,096  31,919 

Card-marking  slates   60  48  476 

Styluses    9,623  9,289  130,360 

Erasers  —  323  8,249 

Perkins  shorthand  braillewriters  —  7  74 

Fiber  writing  boards   2,050  2,459  21,498 

Aluminum  alphabets  —  82  2,157 

Signature  guides   206  170  1,039 

Geometry  instruments  132  120  1,417 

Pegboards 139  119  1,479 

Map  cushions  3  3  130 

Thermometers   —  54  634 

Barometers    —  13  95 

Games : 

Checkers  620  407  5,581 

Dominoes    294  204  3,773 

Puzzle-Peg   55  72  630 

Anagrams 50  42  137 

Chess  30  26  116 

Chinese  checkers  200  55  208 

Playing  cards  421  447  2,710 

FRANK  C.  BRYAN. 
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LIST   OF   PUPILS 

1944-1945 


UPPER  SCHOOL  BOYS 


Bertrand,  Norman — Southbridge,  Mass. 
Berube,   Edmund  E. — Fail  River,  Mass. 
Broadbent,  Samuel — Rumford,  R.  I. 
Byrnes,  James  M. — Hackensack,   N.  J. 
Cahoon,   John — Westerly,  R.   I. 
Cavallo,  James  A. — West  Newton,  Mass. 
Cirella,  Anthony, — Forest  Hills.  Mass. 
Clark,   Richard — ^Royalston,  Mass. 
Clarke,   Blakely — Tyngsboro,  Mass. 
Conley,   John — East  Dedham,  Mass. 
Cordeau,  Francis — Somerville,  Mass. 
Cotter,  Thomas — Roxbury,  Mass. 
Crabb,  Hubert — Houlton,  Maine 
Crane,  Richard — Providence,  R.  I. 
Curtis,  Harold — Belfast,  Maine 
Delaney,  Francis — Boston,  Mass. 
Devino,  Francis — Brandon,  Vt. 
Eaton,  Richard  L. — Watertown,  Mass. 
Evensen,  Richard — Roslindale,   Mass. 
Flynn,  John  T. — Bangor,  Maine 
Fortes,   Andrew — Harwich,   Mass. 
Fournier,  Arthur — Lowell,  Mass. 
Gallagher,  William — Maynard,  Mass. 
Grover,  Raymond — Providence,  R.  I. 
Hamer,  Norman — Methuen,  Mass. 
Higgins,  William — Wilder,  Vermont 


Hanley,  Leo  F. — Cambridge,  Mass. 
Johansen,  Nils — Watertown,  Mass. 
Keefe,  Lawrence — Woonsocket,  R.  I. 
Khachadoorian,    Gregory — Arlington,   Mass. 
Kiwior,   Bronisla'w — Ludlow,  Mass. 
Lewis,    Winfield — Bath,    Maine 
Little,   Hollis— Concord,   N.  H. 
Lopresti,   Joseph — Chelsea,  Mass. 
McKenne,  Thomas  M. — Watertown,  Mass. 
McNally,   Robert — East  Providence,  R.   I. 
Mochernuk,  Roman — Pennsauken,  N.  J. 
MoreUo,  Joseph  A.,  Jr. — Springfield,  Mass. 
Moseley,  Edward  L. — Wellesley  Hills,  Mass. 
Murphy,  Edward — Worcester,  Mass. 
Newton,    Robert — Brockton,    Mass. 
Peterson,    Edmund — AUston,    Mass. 
Piela,  Joseph — Chicopee,  Mass. 
Rosati,    Ettore — West    Warwick,    R.    I. 
Sabin,  Herbert — Dalton,  Mass. 
Salvati,   Anthony — Cranston,  R.  I. 
Silba,  Martel — Woonsocket,   R.  I. 
Smith,  Edward— East   Tilton,   N.   H. 
St.  Germaine.  Maurice — ^Woonsocket,  R.  I. 
Walton,  Everett — Saco,  Maine 
Witham,  AUan — Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
Zermas,  George — Lowell,  Mass. 


UPPER  SCHOOL  GIRLS 


Accorsi,    Elizabeth — Franklin,   Mass. 
Alves,  Anita — New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Appleby,  Dorothy — Cambridge,  Mass. 
Banda,  Theresa — Cambridge,  Mass. 
Barber,  Dorothy — Taunton,  Mass. 
Berarducci,   Joan — Providence,    R.   I. 
Blakely,  PrisciUa — Medford,  Mass. 
Blanchette,    Esther — Holyoke,    Mass. 
Boudreau,    Louise — Pawtucket,    R.    I. 
Bourdon,  Natalie — Wollaston,  Mass. 
Brooks,    Elizabeth — Freedom,    N.    H. 
Campbell,  Marie — Everett,   Mass. 
Casella,  Grace — Waltham,  Mass. 
Charles,  Shirley — Newark,  N.  J. 
Cordeau,  Mary  H. — Somerville,  Mass. 
Corkum,  Jacqueline — Boston,  Mass. 
Dauphinee,  J.  Marice — Hampden,  Maine 


Delorey,    Elizabeth — Woburn,    Mass. 
Delphia,  Barbara — Middlebury,  Vt. 
Deschesne,    Marie — Lewiston,    Maine 
Drake,    Marylizabeth — Amherst,    Mass. 
Drinkwine,  Marjorie — Richmond,  Maine 
Gaudreau,  Lorraine — Claremont,  N.  H. 
George,   Faye — So.   Barre,   Vt. 
Hartford,  Mildred — Newark,  N.   J. 
Hayman,  Margaret — Chelsea,  Mass. 
Herron,    Edith — Portsmouth,  N.   H. 
Hill,   Gloria — Windsor,   Vt. 
Inabinet,  Judith — Orangeburg,  So.  Carolina 
Kendrick,   Leila — Springfield,    Mass. 
Kenny,  Jeanne — Dorchester,  Mass. 
Lally,  Margaret — Brighton,  Mass. 
Landi,  Elena — Providence,   R.   I. 
MacDonald,  Hope — Braintree,  Mass. 


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Marrams,  Josephine — ^Revere,  Mass. 
Martinelli,   Mary — Bridgewater,  Mass. 
McClung,   Arrietta — Attalla,   Ala. 
Mcintosh,   Marjorie — Bedford,   Mass. 
Medeiros,  Hilda — No.  Tiverton,  R.  I. 
Medeiros,    Kathleen — New   Bedford,    Mass. 
Medeiros,  Stella — Somerville,  Mass. 
Melanson,   Theresa — Worcester,   Mass. 
Metcalf,  Charlene — Providence,  R.  I. 
Mitchell,  Annie — Claremont,  N.  H. 
Moran,  Helena — Fitchburg,  Mass. 
Murby,  Harriet — Pawtucket,   R.  I. 
Murray,   Ethel — Winooski,  Vt. 
Parisi,    Madeline — Waltham,    Mass. 
Patch,  Joyce — Perkinsville,  Vt. 


Pevear,  Luella — Hampton,  N.  H. 
Pizzano,  Doris — Woburn,  Mass. 
Poole,  Jeanne — Bloomfield,  N.  J. 
Porcaro,  Helena — Providence,  R.  I. 
Porcaro,  Marcelline — Providence,  R.   I. 
Robbins,  Mary — ^Augusta,  Maine 
Roode,  Marilyn — Nashua,  N.  H. 
Rothermel,    Lillian — Providence,   R.   I. 
Ryan,   Rita — Worcester,   Mass. 
Tobey,  Mary — Gardiner,  Maine 
Walker,  Constance — Hyde  Park,  Mass. 
Wells,  Edna  L. — Providence,  R.  I. 
Wright,    Louise — Pittsfield,   Maine 
Younger,  Lorraine — Roxbury.  Mass. 
Zagunis,    Bernice — Worcester,    Mass. 


LOWER  SCHOOL  BOYS 


Addy,  Allan  R. — Pawtucket,  R.   I. 
Almond,   Donald — No.   Dartmouth,   Mass. 
Applebee,   J.  Albert — Amesbury,  Mass. 
Appleby,   Daniel — Cambridge,  Mass. 
Arsnow,  George — Fall  River,  Mass. 
Banda,  Richard — Cambridge,  Mass. 
Berrouard,  Richard  J. — 

Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. 
Blake,  George — Rochester,  N.  H. 
Bombardier,  Robert — Rockland,  Mass. 
Boyd,  Vernon — West  Lynn,  Mass. 
Conley,  Paul — East  Dedham,  Mass. 
Coy,   Erwin — Durham,  Maine 
Cyr,   Raymond — Pittsfield,  Mass. 
Delphia,  Francis — Fitchburg,  Mass. 
Devine,  James — Boston,  Mass. 
Dostie,  Robert — Auburn,  Maine 
Duffy,  Thomas  P.,  Jr. — Amherst,  Mass. 
Faragi,  John — Saugus,  Mass. 
Fermino,  Robert — New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Finnerty,  Joseph — East  Braintree,  Mass. 
Fournier,  Raymond — Lowell,  Mass. 
Gasper,  Alfred — ^Taunton,  Mass. 
Germano,  Manuel — Bristol,  R.  I. 
Hawthorne,  John — Amherst,  Mass. 
Holden,  David — Boston,  Mass. 
Horigan,  Robert — ^Mattapan,  Mass. 
Johnson,  Stephen  E. — W.  Lebanon,  N.  H. 
Kagan,  Stanley- — Chicopee,  Mass. 
Kamis,    Richard — Mattapan,    Mass. 
Leh,  George — Greenfield,  Mass. 
Leotta,  Louis — Revere,  Mass. 
Little,  Donald— Concord,  N.  H. 
Lunden,   Paul — Brattleboro,  Vt. 
McCafferty,  Hugh — Mexico,  Maine 


McDonald,   Francis — Sharon,  Mass. 
Moriarty,   Edward — Arlington,  Mass. 
Murray,  Russell  E. — Woburn,  Mass, 
Nicholas,  Oliver — Lewiston,  Maine 
Nunes,   Ronald — Providence,   R.   I. 
Paoloni,  Raymond — Providence,   R.  I. 
Pereira,  Arthur — Mattapoisett,  Mass. 
Piraino,    James — Gloucester,  Mass. 
Phelps,  Robert— Danbury,  N.  H. 
Polk,   Leonard — Lubec,   Maine 
Pushard,  Linwood — Richmond,  Maine 
Randall,   Roger — Brockton,   Mass. 
Rathbun,  Robert — West  Medford,  Mass. 
Raymond,  Carl — Fairfax,  Vt. 
Reynolds,    Carl — Westford,    Vt. 
Richards,   John — Farmington,  Maine 
Richards,  Paul — Dover,   N.  H. 
Rogers,  Stephen — Medford,  Mass. 
Roy,  Laurent — Woonsocket,  R.  I. 
Sardo,    Anton — Springfield,    Mass. 
Savage,   Charles — ^Maehias,  Maine 
Silveria,  Joseph — Newport,  R.  I. 
Skinner,  Gardiner — Danvers,  Mass. 
Smith,  Charles — Medford,  Mass. 
Snow,  Charles — Haverhill,  Mass. 
Snyder,  Edward — Three  Rivers,  Mass. 
Towle,   James  Henry — Walpole,  Mass. 
Tyler,  Harry — Braintree,  Vt. 
Vasapolli,   Joseph — Woburn,  Mass. 
Vella,  Louis — So.  Boston,  Mass. 
Walsh,  William — Newton,   Mass. 
Weixler,  Donald — Quincy,   Mass. 
Wenning,  Harold  E.— Worcester,  Mass. 
White,   Paul — Somerville,  Mass. 
Zogas,    Nicholas — Jamaica    Plain,   Mass. 


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LOWER  SCHOOL  GIRLS 


Accorsi,  Rachel — Franklin,  Mass. 
Baker,  Amelia — Grand  Isle,   Vt. 
Bleakney,   Brenda — Oak  Bluffs,  Mass. 
Boyd,  Janet — Chelmsford,  Mass. 
Boyle,  Maureen — Dracut,  Mass. 
Catapano,  Mary — Boston,  Mass. 
Cayo,   Irene — Lewiston,   Maine 
Daigneault,    Aline — Worcester,    Mass. 
Dodge,    Carolyn — Warwick,    E.   I. 
Doustou,  Bernadette — Fort  Kent,  Maine 
Doyen,  Marjorie — Bethel,  Maine 
Dunlap,  Elizabeth — New  Orleans,  La. 
Faucette,   Nancy — Cambridge,  Mass. 
Ferringo,   Josephine — Chelsea,    Mass. 
Frank,    Patricia — Nashua,    N.    H. 
Gonyea,   Janice — Dalton,  Mass. 
Greenlaw,    Dorothy — Auburn,    Maine 
Lareau,    Mary   Ann — Worcester,    Mass. 
LeBlanc,  Joan — Framingham,  Mass. 
Lee,  Miriam — Lebanon,  N.  H. 
Leonard,   Ann   Marie — Maiden,   Mass. 
Libby,   Virginia — Lincoln,   Maine 


Marcil,    Silvia — Chicopee,    Mass. 
Mathews,    Lucy — Cambridge,    Mass. 
McAuliffe,  Barbara — Roxbury,  Mass. 
McClure,    Anne  Marie — ^Augusta,   Maine 
MerriU.  Nancie — Dover,  N.  H. 
Moreau,    Doris — Lewiston,    Maine 
Morey,  Elizabeth — ^West  Wareham,  Mass. 
Nichols,   Barbara — Essex   Center,   Vt. 
O'Donnell,   Patricia — Salem,   Mass. 
Olson,   Gloria — Augusta,   Maine 
Pelkey,   Joyce — Bangor,   Maine 
Russell,   Patricia — Roxbury,   Mass. 
Ryan,   Judith — Roslindale,   Mass. 
Silvia,   Barbara — Taunton,  Mass. 
Sim,   Jane — Peabody,   Mass. 
Stevens,    Thelma — Medfield,   Mass. 
Thoresen,   Sylvia — Lynn,  Mass. 
Vadeboncoeur,  Barbara — Providence,  R.  I. 
Wells,  Marion — Rochester,  N.  H. 
Whitney,    Barbara — Worcester,    Mass. 
Yarnell,   Patricia — Boston,  Mass. 


DEAF-BLIND  DEPARTMENT 


Champ,  James  N.  —  Virgil,  Kan. 
Deleat,  Myrtle  —  Wausaukee,  Wis. 
Dowdy,  Leonard  —  Sedalia,  Mo. 
Edmundson,  Carolyn  —  Beckley,  W.  Va. 
Morgan,  Juanita  —  Buena  Vista,  Col. 


Otero,  CarmeUa  —  Newark,  N.  J. 
Pittman,  Edgar  A.  —  Orofino,  Idaho 
Rinsem,  Betty  J.  —  Fairbolt,  Minn. 
Shipman,  Gloria  —  Cape  Giraurdeau,  Mo. 
Smithdas,  Robert  —  Pittsburgh,  Penn. 


State 


ENROLLMENT  BY  STATES— October  1,  1944 

UPPER  SCHOOL   LOWER  SCHOOL    DEAF-BLIND    TOTAL 


M 

F 

M 

F 

Massachusetts 

30 

32 

46 

24 

Maine 

5 

6 

8 

9 

New  Hampshire 

3 

6 

5 

4 

Vermont 

2 

6 

4 

2 

Rhode  Island 

10 

10 

6 

2 

New   Jersey 

2 

3 

0 

0 

Other  States 

0 

2 

0 

1 

M 


132 
28 
18 
13 
28 
6 
11 


Totals 


52 


64 


23G 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 


I.    Acknowledgments  for  Concerts,  Recitals,  and  Dramatics 

To  Mrs.  F.  Kutten  of  Brookline  for  six  tickets  for  concert  at  Jordan 
Hall;  to  the  Junior  League  of  Boston  for  tickets  to  the  Junior  League 
Play;  to  Miss  Laeabee  for  twenty  tickets  for  Rodeo  in  Boston  Garden. 


II.    Acknowledgments  for  Talks  and  Concerts  in  our  Hall 

To  Mrs.  Mary  Dranga  Campbell  ,for  a  chapel  talk;  to  Mrs.  Wini- 
fred H.  Hathaway,  National  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Blindness,  for 
a  talk  in  chapel;  to  Mrs.  Reginald  S.  Parker,  Junior  Red  Cross,  for  a 
chapel  speaker;  to  Maurice  I.  Tynan  for  a  talk  in  chapel;  to  Mr.  Henry 
Richards  for  talk  at  Howe  Memorial  Exercises;  to  Dr.  H.  B.  C.  Riemer 
for  lectures  on  Diseases  of  the  Eye;  to  Mr.  Harris  for  speaking  on  the 
Community  War  Fund  and  showing  pictures;  to  Miss  Anne  Grey  for 
speaking  in  chapel  on  the  T.  B.  Association;  to  Miss  Alice  Carpenter 
for  speaking  in  chapel;  to  Mr.  Smith,  Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  for 
talk  in  chapel  on  Egypt;  to  Professor  Hugh  Findlay,  Columbia  Univer- 
sity, for  chapel  talk;  to  Lt.  William  Chesley,  Machinist's  Mate  1st 
Class,  Robert  Croak,  Merchant  Marine  William  Morris,  WAC  Corp. 
Florence  Newlen  for  speaking  at  4th  War  Loan  Rally  in  Dwight  Hall. 

To  Mrs.  Mildred  McConnell  of  the  Red  Cross,  for  instruction  in 
Home  Nursing  and  Care  of  the  Sick. 

To  Alexander  Houston,  Water  Safety  Instructor  of  the  Red  Cross, 
for  swimming  lessons. 

To  the  Cenacle  Convent  and  Boston  College  for  Christmas  parties 
and  gifts  to  the  boys  and  girls. 

To  the  clergy  of  Watertown  for  chapel  talks  during  the  Lenten 
season. 

To  the  patriotic  organizations  of  Watertown  for  exercises  in  com- 
memoration of  Memorial  Day. 

To  Mr.  Robert  H.  Hallowell  for  speaking  in  chapel  at  dedication 
of  chapel  window. 

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III.  Acknowledgments  for  Books  and  Periodicals 
Embossed  Periodicals— All  Story  Braille  Magazine,  Arkansas  Braille 
News,  Braille  Courier,  Braille  Book  Review,  Braille  Star  Theophist, 
Campus  News,  Catholic  Review,  Children's  Friend,  Christian  Record, 
Christian  Science  Bible  Lessons,  Chur^ch  Herald  for  the  Blind,  Discovery, 
The  Evangel,  Forward  Day  by  Day,  Herald  of  Christian  Science,  Illinois 
Braille  Messenger,  The  Illuminator,  Indiana  Recorder,  International 
Braille  Magazine,  Jewish  Braille  Review,  John  Milton  Magazine,  Junior 
Evangel,  Lions  Juvenile  Braille  Monthly,  Lutheran  Herald  ;for  the  Blind, 
Lutheran  Messenger  for  the  Blind,  Lux  Vera,  Maryland  Oriole,  Matilda 
Ziegler  Magazine,  Messenger  of  the  Sightless,  Ohio  Ray,  Our  Special, 
Red  and  White,  Reader's  Digest,  School  Journal,  The  Searchlight,  Texas 
Meteor,  Unity  Daily  Word,  Weekly  News,  Wee  Wisdom. 

Ink  Print  Periodicals — Alabama  Messenger,  Arizona  Cactus,  Colo- 
rado Index,  Dawn,  Desde  las  Sombras,  Du  Pont  Magazine,  Light,  Los 
Ciegos,  Maryland  Oriole,  Ohio  Chronicle,  Ohio  Ray,  Optimist,  Our  Dumb 
Animals,  Red  and  White,  Rocky  Mountain  Leader,  Royer-Greaves 
Monthly,  St.  Dunstan's  Review,  The  Seer,  Utah  Eagle,  Virginia  Guide, 
Welfare  Bulletin,  West  Virginia  Tablet. 

To  May  Griffiths,  Louise  R.  Hawkins,  Edith  A.  Hemingway  and 
Mary  A.  Roche  for  hand-transcribed  books  for  the  lower  school. 

To      MOSELLA      ElCHENGREEN,      FLORENCE      B.      GrEENBAUM,      EmMA 

Rosamond  Jack,  Eleanor  S.  Lungren,  Laura  Mae  Roberts  for  hand- 
transcribed  books  for  the  circulating  library  of  the  upper  school. 

To  Federated  Garden  Clubs  of  New  York,  Emmet  Fox,  Ruth 
Hayden,  Merton  Lake,  May  ^  Perry  and  Western  Pennsylvania 
School  for  the  Blind  for  embossed  books. 

To  Allyn  &  Bacon,  Mrs.  M.  B.  Carter,  Dr.  Hugh  Findlay,  Ethel 
M.  Goodwin,  Ras  Mohun  Halder,  Kalamazoo  Parchment  Co.,  Mary  B. 
Knowlton,  Francis  L.  McGaw,  Procter  &  Gamble  for  ink  print 
books. 

To  the  American  Printing  House  for  the  Blind,  Louisville,  Ky., 
and  its  patroris  for  Talking  Book  copies  of  the  Reader's  Digest. 

To  Boston  Metropolitan  Chapter,  Verona,  N.  Y.,  &  Oranges  and 
Maplewood  Chapters,  American  Red  Cross  for  binding  many  copies 
of  hand-transcribed  books. 

IV.    Acknowledgments  of  Gifts 

To  the  Daughters  of  Vermont  for  Christmas  gifts  for  the  chil- 
dren of  Vermont;  to  the  Shawmut  Lodge  for  a  donation  o;f  money  to 
be  spent  for  the  benefit  of  pupils  at  Christmas  time;  to  the  Catholic 
Guild  for  the  Blind  for  gifts  of  clothing  and  Christmas  gifts  for  the 
pupils;  to  the  Firnabank  Club  of  Boston  for  Christmas  presents  for 
children  in  the  Lower  School;  to  Miss  J.  George  for  donation  of  money 
in  appreciation  of  Christmas  Concert  to  be  used  for  Christmas  presents. 

To  David  Baird  and  the  Dean  Foundation  for  gifts  of  money  for 
needy  children. 

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To  Miss  Margaret  A.  Harty  ;for  donation  of  money  at  Easter; 
Primary  Department  of  Central  Congregational  Church  for  dona- 
tion of  money  for  children's  craft  work  equipment;  to  Mrs.  Florence  C. 
Barlow  for  donation  of  money  in  memory  of  Mrs.  Louis  Ziegel;  to 
Mr.  Bernard  Levin  for  donation  of  money  as  Father's  Day  gift  sent  to 
Perkins  at  request  of  his  father. 

To  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind  for  Braille  picture  book  for 
Kindergarten;  to  the  Sunday  School  Children  of  the  Church  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  Milton,  for  a  social  afternoon;  to  the  Junior  Red  Cross, 
of  the  Tatnuck  School,  Worcester,  for  a  box  of  Easter  cards;  to  the 
Junior  Red  Cross  of  Forest  Park  School,  Springfield,  for  brailled 
Easter  cards;  to  the  Junior  Red  Cross,  Bates  Junior  High  School, 
Middleboro,  for  box  of  Easter  cards. 

To  Mrs.  Homer  Gage  for  Ping-Pong  table  and  equipment  for  Staff 
Club;  to  Miss  Mary  Moulton,  for  Bust  for  Moulton  Cottage;  to  Miss 
Opal  Fisher,  for  silver  cake  basket  for  Bennett  Cottage. 

To  Mrs.  Stanley  Kingsbury  for  Diabetic  Scale  through  Mrs, 
Hemphill. 

To  Mrs.  Henry  S.  Bean  for  Steinway  Piano  through  Dr.  Richard 
King. 

To  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Minot  for  allowing  her  portrait  of  Colonel 
Thomas  H.  Perkins  to  be  photographed  for  use  at  Perkins. 

To  Mrs.  McClair  for  subscription  of  braille  Reader's  Digest;  to 
Pfc.  Trucman  for  subscription  of  braille  Reader's  Digest;  to  Mr.  J.  W. 
Greer  for  two  talking  book  Reader's  Digests. 

To  the  Rev.  Lyman  M.  Greenman  for  letters  and  clippings  con- 
cerning Dr.  Howe  and  Laura  Bridgman ;  to  Mr.  Downer  Pope  for  letters 
of  Dr.  Howe. 

To  Mrs.  George  L.  Stuart  for  eleven  Ampico  records;  to  Mrs. 
Joseph  Harrigan  for  package  of  Christmas  cards;  to  Mr.  Edwin 
Leland  for  gift  of  glasses  and  braille  material;  to  Mrs.  D,  J.  Dwyer 
for  box  of  assorted  beads;  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Faunce  for  children's  tea 
sets;  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Draper  for  fifty  skeins  of  yarn. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  J.  Gibb  for  invitation  for  child  to  spend 
Christmas  vacation;  to  Miss  Patricia  Vogel  for  invitation  to  entertain 
two  children  ;for  Thanksgiving. 

To  Boston  Committee  for  the  Blind  for  sending  boys  to  summer 
camp. 

To  the  Traveller's  Aid  for  assistance;  to  the  Forsyth  Dental 
School  for  services  to  pupils. 


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STATEMENT   OF   ACCOUNTS 

Boston,  October  3,  1944. 
To  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind: 

I  have  audited  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Institution  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  August  31,  1944  and  have  found  that  all  income 
from  investments  and  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  securities  have  been 
accounted  for,  and  that  the  donations,  miscellaneous  receipts,  as  shov?n 
by  the  books,  have  been  deposited  in  bank  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Institution.  I  have  vouched  all  disbursements  and  verified  the  bank 
balances  as  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year.  All  securities,  as  shown  by  the 
books,  were  properly  accounted  for  by  certification  of  the  custodians. 
In  my  opinion,  the  accompanying  statements  covering  the  Institution, 
Howe  Memorial  Press  Fund  and  Kindergarten  correctly  set  forth  the 
income  and  expenses  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  August  31,  1944. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

John    Montgomery, 
Certified   Public   Accountant. 

INSTITUTION 
Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1944 

Assets 

Plant: 

Real    estate,    Watertown,    less    depre- 
ciation          $    345,941.30 

Real  estate.  South  Boston   91,000.00 

Real  estate,  Boston,  less  depreciation  40,106.01     $    477,047.31 

Equipment : 

Tools,  etc   $        5,850.32 

Furniture  and  household  8,640.84 

Music   Department    24,738.00 

Library  Department   127,655.17 

Works    Department    23,689.05  190,573.38 

Investments : 

Real  estate,  less  depreciation   $    212,448.70 

Securities    2,385,388.94 

Securities,   Varnum    Fund    201,081.16 

Mortgages  receivable    3,696.49       2,802,615.29 

Inventory  of  provisions  and   supplies 10,661.20 

Accounts    receivable    756.58 

Cash  on  hand    73,481.34 

Total      $3,555,135.10 

Liabilities 

General  account    $    157,835.83 

Funds  and  legacies: 

General     $2,462,400.66 

Permanent  620,297.37 

Special          276,626.06  $3,359,324.09 

Unexpended  income,  special  funds   16,649.73 

Accounts    payable    7,017.28 

Vouchers    payable     2,826.24 

Withholding  tax    481.93 

Reserve  for  deferred  maintenance    11,000.00 

Total    $3,555,135.10 

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Treasurer's   Condensed   Income  Account 
Year  Ending  August  31,  1944 
Interest  and  dividends,  general  purpose  .  .     $      97,053.10 

Interest  from   special  funds    11,130.16 

Interest  and  dividends,  Varnum  Fund    .  .  9,776.00 


$    117,959.26 

Less :  Rent  net  loss    1,875.02  S    116,084.24 

Donations      140.00 

Annuities     689.70 

Miscellaneous     14.95 

Tuition   and   board,   Massachusetts    $      34,580.00 

Tuition  and  board,  others    28,880.98  $      63,460.98 


Total      $    180,389.87 

Less:  iSpecial  fund  income  to  special  fund  accounts   ....  11,130.16 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes   $    169,259.71 

Expenses : 

Pensions     $        6,158.00 

Treasurer's   miscellaneous    expenses    .  3,000.05 
Depreciation   and   expense,   133    New- 
bury   Street 508.49 

Fire   insurance    premiums    342.74 

Net  charge  to   Director    (see   detailed 

statement)     179,241.84  189,251.12 


Expenses  in  excess  of  income  $      19,991.41 

Director's  Expense  Account 
Institution  and  Kindergarten  Combined 
Year  Ending  August  31,  1944 
Administration : 

Salaries      $      20,704.70 

Supplies       2,843.45 

Telephone  and  telegraph  2,183.71 

Publicity      390.24    $     26,122.10 

Special  Departments: 

Library   salaries    $4,628.83 

Library  supplies   647.63     $        5,276.46 

Health   salaries    $4,838.44 

Health  supplies 1,169.24             6,007.68 

Hospitalization      243.50 

Personnel    salaries    $8,345.00 

Personnel  supplies     335.95             8,680.95           20,208.59 

Education : 

Literary    salaries    $42,812.70 

Literary   supplies    1,735.33     $     44,548.03 

Manual  training  salaries    .   $15,686.04 

Manual  training  supplies   . 37.46  15,723.50 

Music  salaries    $12,462.50 

Music  supplies    $      607.21  13,069.71 

Depreciation  music  depart- 
ment       452.80 

Deaf -blind  salaries    $6,982.92 

Deaf-blind   supplies    79.24  7,062.16  80,856.20 

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Household : 

Salaries    $      43,032.63 

Food    39,710.84 

Furnishings   and   supplies    4,300.61 

Laundry    salaries     4,753.45 

Laundry    supplies     687.98 

Depreciation  on  furnishings  and  house- 
hold  equipment    1,675.81     $      94,161.32 

Maintenance : 

Engineers'  salaries     $17,503.44 

Light,  heat,  power,  repairs 

and    supplies    32,475.49    $      49,978.93 

Building   salaries    $10,305.07 

Building    supplies    and    re- 
pairs           8,664.56  18,969.63 


Grounds    salaries    $7,581.36 

Grounds    supplies    2,626.92  10,208.28 


Depreciation  on  buildings,  Watertown  26,170.88 

Depreciation   on   tools   and   equipment  1,095.08     $    106,422.80 

Other  Expenses: 

Automobile    $1,336.06 

Liability  and  automobile  in- 
surance               1,808.13 

Pension  retire- 
ment   plan    .  .     $9,071.98 

Less :  contrib- 
uted by  em- 
ployees           3,668.20       5,403.78 


Loss   on   bad   debts    $    117.02 

Industrial    Department    .  .  .  147.38 

Tuning  Department    3,694.91 

Provision  for  deferred 

maintenance      2,000.00 

Net  Loss,  Works  Depart- 
ment      110.93     $      14,618.21 

Less :   Credits : 

Discounts     $    310.13 

Industrial  Department   ....  13.89 

Tuning  Income   4,367.96 

Bad  debts  recovered   11.48 

Sale  of  old  pianos  35.00              4,738.46     $        9,879.75 


Net  charge   to  director    $    337,650.76 

Amount  applicable  to  Institution  Depart- 
ment           $    179,241.84 

Amount  applicable  to  Kindergarten  De- 
partment      158,408.92  337,650.76 

Income  Special  Funds 

On  hand  September  1,  1943   $      14,564.31 

Add:   Income   1943-1944    11,130.16 

Total      $      25,694.47 

Distributed     9,044.74 

Unexpended  income  August  31,  1944 $      16,649.73 

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WORKS  DEPARTMENT 

Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1944 

Assets 

Cash    $        1,960.98 

Accounts   receivable    5,485.83 

Merchandise    inventory    10,089.41 

Machinery  and  tools    3,211.00 

Furniture   and  fixtures    2,724.82 

Auto   trucks    217.01 


Total      $      23,689.05 

Liabilities 

Main  office     $      23,799.98 

Less:  net  loss    110.93  23,689.05 


Total    $      23,689.05 

Revenue 

Sales    $      57,086.16 

ExjJenditures 

Materials  used   $      17,658.98 

Salaries  and  wages      33,984.98 

General   expense    3,633.32 

Auto  trucks  expense    1,144.77 

Total  Expenditures    $      56,422.05 

Gain   $  664.11 

Less:  Depreciation  on  fixed  assets $  752.54 

Loss  on  bad  debts    51.15 

$  803.69 


Less:  Bad  debts  recovered    $  8.00 

Miscellaneous  income    20.65  28.65  775.04 


Net  loss  for  year  ending  August  31,  19UU   $ 110.93 

INSTITUTION  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1944 
Special  funds: 

Alumnap  Association    Scholarship    Fund    $     1,500.00 

Anonymous     100.00 

Charles   S.  Adams    (Christmas   Fund)    200.00 

Robert  C.  BiUings    (for  deaf,  dumb  and  blind)    4,000.00 

Mary  Alice  Butler  (for  reading  matter  for  the  blind)   3,703.62 

Deaf-Blind    Fund    76,704.50 

John  D.  Fisher   (education  teachers  and  others)    5,230.00 

Joseph  B.  Glover   (for  blind  and  deaf)    5,000.00 

John   Goldthwait  Fund    (charitable)    1,333.15 

Harris    Fund    (outdoor   relief)     26,667.00 

Henry  Clay  Jackson  Fund    (for  deaf-blind)    83,456.60 

Maria   Kemble   Oliver   Fund    (concert  tickets)    15,000.00 

Prescott  Fund    (education  teachers   and  others)    21,231.45 

Elizabeth  P.   Putnam    (higher  education)    1,000.00 

Richard   M.    SaltonstaD    (use   Trustees)     3,000^00 

A   Schuman   Clothing  Fund    1,000.00 

Augustine  Shurleff  Fund   (for  deaf,  dumb  and  blind)    1,750.00 

Anne  E.  Stodder  (to  find  employment  for  blind  workers)    3,000.00 

Mary    J.    Straw    500.00 

Thomas  Stringer  Fund    (care  of  T.  &.,  etc.)    15,880.32 

Julia  E.  Turner  (education  of  worthy  needy)   6,369.42 


$276,626.06 


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Permanent  Funds  (income  for  general  purposes) 

George    Baird    Fund     .... 

Charles    Tidd    Baker    Fund 

Charlotte   Billings    Fund    . 

Frank  W.  Boles    

Stoddard   Cap  en   Fund    . . . 

Jennie  M.  Colby,  in  mem- 
ory  of    

Ella  Newman   Curtis  Fund 

Stephen    Fairbanks    

David   H.    Fanning    

Helen    Osborne    Gary    .... 

Harris  Fund  (general  pur- 
poses)      

Harriet  S.  Hazeltine  Fund 

Benjamin    Humphrey    .... 

Prentiss    M.    Kent    

Sir  Charles  W.  Lindsay  . . 

Kate   M.    Morse    Fund .... 

Jonathan    E.    Pecker    .... 

Richard    Perkins     

Henry  L.  Pierce 


General  funds    (principal 

Elizabeth  B.  AUen    $ 

Nora  Ambrose,  in  mem- 
ory   of     

James   H.   Anderson    .... 

James    H.    Anderson     .... 

Charlotte    H.    Andrews     . . 

Ellen  S.  Bacon    

Elizabeth    B.     Bailey     

Eleanor    J.    W.    Baker    .  . , 

Calvin    W.    Barker    

Lucy  B.  Barker,  in  mem- 
ory of    

Francis    Bartlett     

Elizabeth     Howard     Bartol 

Mary   Bartol    

Thompson   Baxter    

Samuel   Benjamin      

Robert    C.    Billings     

George   Nixon    Black    .... 

Sxisan   A.    Blaisdell    

Dehon    Blake     

Mary   Blight    

William  T.  Bolton  

George    W.    Boyd    

Caroline    E.     Boyden     .... 

Mary    I.    Brackett     

J.  Putnam  Bradlee   

Charlotte  A.  Bradstreet   . . 

Ellen    F.    Bragg    

Max    Brenner     

Lucy    S.    Brewer    

Florence   N.    Bridgman    . . 

J.    Edward    Brown    

Maria   A.    Burnham    

T.   O.   H.   P.   Burnham    . . 

Abbie    Y.    Burr    

Annie   E.    Caldwell    

Emma   C.    Campbell    

Lydia   E.   Carl    

Ellen    G.    Gary    

Katherine  F.  Casey 

Edward    F.     Gate     

Robert  R.  Centro,  in  mem- 
ory of    .... 

Fanny  Channing    

Emily  D.  Chapman    

Mary    F.    Cheever    

Ida    May    Chickering    .... 

Alice  I.   Cobb    

Laura    Cohen     

Ann    Eliza    Colburn    


$12,895.21 

Mrs.    Marilla    L.    Pitts,    in 

16,892.40 

memory  of    $ 

5,000.00 

40,507.00 

Frederick  W.  Prescott,  en- 

76  329.02 

25,338.95 

13,770.00 

Frank  Davison  Rust  Mem- 

4,000.00 
2.174.77 

100.00 

Samuel    E.    Sawyer    

2,000.00 

Margaret    A.    Simpson     . . 

968.57 

10,000.00 

Charles      Frederick     Smith 

5,010.56 
10,000.00 

Fund      

8,663.00 
2,000.00 

Timothy    Smith     

Mary    Lowell    Stone    Fund 

4,000.00 

53,333.00 

George  W.   Thym   Fund    .  . 

5.054.66 

5,000.00 

Alfred    T.    Turner     

1,000.00 

25,000.00 

Thomas    Upham    Fund     .  . 

4,950.00 

2,500.00 

Levina    B.    Urbino     

500.00 

9,008.93 

William   Varnum   Fund    .  . 

201,406.67 

5,000.00 
950.00 

8,950.63 

Ann  White  Vose   

12,994.00 

20,000.00 

Charles    L.    Young    

5,000.00 

20,000.00 

$620,297.37 

and  income  for  general  purposes)  : 

500.00 

Susan   J.   Conant    $ 

500.00 

William  A.   Copeland    

1,000.00 

300.00 

Augusta    E.    Corbin     

20,644.82 

62.25 

Jennie  L.    Cox    

1,948.60 

28,303.92 

Louise  F.   Crane    

5,000.00 

15,169.87 

W.   Murray   Crane    

10,000.00 

5,000.00 

Harriet   Otis    Cruft    

6,000.00 

3,000.00 

David    Cummings     

7,723.07 

2,500.00 

Arthur    B.     Curtis     

1,722.25 

1,859.32 

Chastine    L.    Gushing    

500.00 

I.    W.    Danforth    

2,500.00 

5,953.21 

Kate  Kimball  Danforth    . . 

250.00 

2,500.00 

Charles    L.    Davis     

1,000.00 

5,000.00 

Etta    S.    Davis    

8,027.87 

300.00 

Susan   L.   Davis    

1,500.00 

322.50 

Joseph    Descalzo     

1,000.00 

250.00 

Elsie   C.   Disher    

163,250.07 

25,000.00 

John  H.  Dix   

10,000.00 

10,000.00 

Mary   Frances    Drown    . . . 

20,764.70 

5,832.66 

Alice    J.    H.    Dwinel!     

200.00 

500.00 

Amelia    G.    Dyer     

40,043.00 

7,220.99 

Ella   I.    Eaton    

1,669.50 

555.22 

Mary  Agnes  Eaton    

3,660.91 

5,000.00 

Mary   E.    Eaton    

5,000.00 

1,930.39 

William    Eaton    

500.00 

5,263.33 

David    J.    Edwards    

500.00 

292.391.24 

Ann    J.    Ellis     

1,023.00 

23,273.49 

A.   Silver   Emerson    

500.00 

8,006.68 

Martha    S.    Ensign    

2,505.48 

200.00 

Orient  H.   Eustis    

500.00 

10,215.36 

Eugene   Fanning    

50.00 

500.00 

Sarah  M.  Farr    

64.247.48 

100,000.00 

Mortimer   C.    Ferris   Mem- 

10,000.00 

1,000.00 

5,000.00 

Annie    M.    Findley     

500.00 

200.00 

Anna    G.    Fish    

10,583.25 

4,000.00 

Thomas    B.    Fitzpatrick    .  . 

1,000.00 

1,000.00 

1,000.00 

3,412.01 

Ann   Maria   Fosdick    

14.333.79 

50,000.00 

Nancy   H.    Fosdick    

3,937.21 

100.00 

Sarah    E.    Foster    

200.00 

5,000.00 

Mary  Helen  Freeman 

1,000.00 

Cornelia  Anne  French    . . . 

10,000.00 

10,000.00 

Martha   A.    French    

164.40 

2,000.00 

Ephraim    L.    Frothingham 

825.97 

1,000.00 

Jessie    P.    Fuller    

200.00 

200.00 

Thomas    Gaflleld     

6,685.38 

1,052.03 
2.000.00 

1,000.00 

Joseph   B.    Glover    

5,000.00 

87.00 

Benjamin  H.  Goldsmith   .  . 

11,199.68 

6,000.00 

Charlotte   L.    Goodnow    . . 

6,471.23 

1 


52 


Jeneral  funds   (principal 

and  income 

for  general  purposes) - 

—continued 

Maria  W.  Goulding   $ 

2,332.48 

Clara   J.    Pitts    

$         2,000.00 

Charles  G.  Green    

45,835.70       - 

George   F.    Poland    

75.00 

Amelia    Greenbaum    

500.00 

Elizabeth  B.  Porter 

5,449.50 

Mary  Louise   Greenleaf    . . 

199,189.94 

George  M.  Whidden  Porter 

22,700.48 

EUen    Page   HaU    

10,037.78 

Sarah   E.   Pratt    

2,988.34 

Ellen  Hammond    

1,000.00 

Sarah    S.    Pratt    

5,000.00 

Hattie    S.    Hathaway    

500.00 

Francis    I.    Proctor    

10,000.00 

Jerusha  F.   Hathaway    . . . 

5,000.00 

Grace  E.   Reed    

5,054.25 

Lucy    Hathaway    

Edward  J.  and  Georgia  M. 

4,577.00 

Carrie    P.    Reid     

679.51 

Leonard  H.  Rhodes    

1,012.77 

Hathorne   Fund    

50,017.68 

Mabelle   H.    Rice    

3,750.00 

Charles  H.  Hayden    

32,461.01 

Matilda    B.    Richardson    .  . 

300.00 

John    C.   Haynes    

1,000.00 

WiUiam    L.    Richardson    . . 

50,000.00 

Mary  E.   T.   Healy    

200.00 

Anne  Augusta  Robinson   . . 

212.20 

Alice   Gushing   Hersey,    in 

Julia   M.    Roby    

500.00 

memory    of    

3,000.00 

Barbara    S.    Ross    

10.00 

Joseph  H.   Heywood    

500.00 

Henrietta    Goodrich 

Ira  Hiland    

3,893.37 

Rothwell    

500.00 

Stanley    B.    Hildreth    

5,000.00 

Mary  L.   Ruggles    

3,000.00 

George  A.  HiU    

100.00 

Elizabeth  H.  Russell   

500.00 

Margaret  A.  Holden   

Theodore    C.    Hollander    .  . 

3,708.32 
3,016.00 

5,000.00 

Nancy   E.    Rust    

2,640.00 

Margaret    J.    Hourihan    . . 

200.00 

Emily  E.    St.   John    

5,015.00 

Charles    Sylvester 

Joseph    Schofield     

2,500.00 

2,156.00 
52,037.62 

Sarah   E.    Seabury    

Edward   O.    Seccomb    

3,116.01 

Katharine    C.    Ireson    

1,000.00 

Eliza   J.    Kean    

59,209.91 

Richard   Black   SeweU    

25,000.00 

Marie   L.    Keith    

2,000.00 

Charles    F.    Sherman     

2,000.00 

Harriet   B.    Kempster    

1,144.13 

Robert  F.  ShurtlefF   

1,432.94 

Ernestine  M.   Kettle    

9,975.00 

Carrie   Etta   Silloway    .... 

5,429.88 

B.   Marion   Keyes    

Lulu    S.    KimbaU    

6,350.00 

50.00 

10,000.00 

Arthur    A.    Smith     

10,000.00 

Grace    W.    King    

100.00 

Ellen    V.    Smith     

25,000.00 

Lydia    F.    Knowles  ' 

50.00 

Esther    W.     Smith     

5,000.00 

Davis     Krokyn     

100.00 

Sarah    F.    Smith    

3,000.00 

Catherine   M.    Lamson    .  . . 

6,000.00 

The  Maria  Spear  Bequest 

James  J.  Lamson 

750.00 

for    the    Blind     

15,000.00 

Susan   M.   Lane    

815.71, 

H°nry   F.    Spencer    

1,000.00 

3,544.31 

415.67 

Charlotte  S.   Sprague    

Adella  E.  Etannard    

13,222.56 

Lewis   A.   Leland    

1,631.78 

Benjamin    Levy    

500.00 

Cora    N.    T.    Stearns    

53,558.50 

E.    E.    Linderholm    

505.56 

Henry   A.    Stickney    

2,410.00 

William    Litchfield     

7,951.48 

Lucretia    J.    Stoehr    

2,937.26 

Mary  I.  Locke   

8,361.89 

Joseph  C.  Storey    

122,531.58 

Hannah  W.  Loring 

9,500.00 

Edward    C.    SuUivan     .... 

2,000.00 

Adolph  S.   Lundin    

100.00 

Sophronia    S.    Sunbury     .  . 

365.19 

Susan  B.  Lyman    

4,809.78 

Emma  B.  Swasey   

2,250.00 

Mary  Ella  Mann    

250.00 

Mary    F.    Swift    

1,391.00 

Blanche    Osgood    Mansfield 

1,000.00 

William    Taylor     

893.36 

Stephen   W.   Marston    .... 

5,000.00 

Mabel   E.    Thompson    

1,000.00 

Elizabeth  S.  Martin 

1,000.00 

Joanna    C.    Thompson     . .  . 

1,000.00 

William  H.  Maynard    .... 

22,821.56 

William     Timlin      

7,820.00 

Cora    Mclntire    

6,862.50 

Alice  W.   Torrey    

71,560.00 

Charles    Merriam    

1,000.00 

Evelyn   Wyman   Towle    .  . . 

5,820.00 

Mary   H.    Miller    

1,512.50 

Sarah  E.  Trott    

2,885.86 

George  Montgomery    

5,140.00 

Mary  Wilson  Tucker 

481.11 

Martha  H.  Morss 

3,000.00 

George  B.  Upton   

10,000.00 

Louise    Chandler    Moulton 

Maude  C.  Valentine 

1,884.22 

Bequest      

7,891.65 

Charles  A.  Vialle   

1,990.00 

Mary  A.  Muldoon    

100.00 

Abbie  T.    Vose    

1,000.00 

10,000.00 

300.00 

Sarah  Ella  Murray    

8,000.00 

Horace   W.    Wadleigh    .... 

2,000.00 

Sarah  M.  Nathan    

500.00 

Joseph  K.  Wait   

3,000.00 

Joseph    P.    Noera    

2,000.00 

Harriet   Ware    

1,952.02 

Richard   W.    Nutter    

2,000.00 

Allena  F.  Warren 

2,828.33 

EUa    Nye    

50.00 

William  H.  Warren 

4,073.17 

Emily  C.   O'Shea    

1,000.00 

Charles    F.   Webber    

30,915.93 

Sarah  Irene  Parker   

699.41 

Eleanore  C.  Webb    

5,314.95 

William     Prentiss     Parker 

2,500.00 

Mary  Ann  P.  Weld   

2,000.00 

George    Francis    Parkman 

50,000.00 

Oliver  M.  Wentworth   .... 

300.00 

Grace   Parkman    

500.00 

Cordelia    H.    Wheeler    

800.00 

Philip  G.  Peabody 

1,200.00 

Opha  J.  Wheeler    

3,086.77 

Elizabeth   W.    Perkins    . . . 

2,000.00 

Ruth    E.    Whitmarsh     

1,000.00 

Ellen    P.    Perkins    

2,500.00 

Sarah  L.  Whitmarsh 

2,000.00 

Edward    D.    Peters    

500.00 

Samuel    Brenton    Whitney 

1,000.00 

Clara  F.   Pierce   

2,005.56 

Adelia    C.    Williams    

1,000.00 

53 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) — Concluded 

Judson    Williams    $        3^628.46          Fanny    Young    $        8,000.00 

Lucy  B.   Wilson,   in  mem-                                     William   B.   Young    1,000.00 

ory  of    800.00  $2,462,400.66 

Mehitable  C.  C.  Wilson    . .  643.75  ![„',„'„"" 

Esther   F.    Wright    6,006.38  $3,369,324.09 

Thomas  T.  Wyman   20,000.00 

HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1944 

Special  funds: 

Adeline  A.   Douglas    (printing  raised  characters)    $  5,000.00 

Harriet   S.   Hazeltine    (printing   raised    characters)    2,000.00 

Thomas  D.  Roche   (publication  non-sectarian  books)    1,883.84 

Jr.    Pauline    Schenki     (printing)     10,955.26 

Deacon  Stephen  Stickney  Fund   (books,  maps  and  charts)    5,000.00 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes)  : 

Beggs   Fund   $      900.00 

Joseph   H.    Center    1,000.00 

Augusta    Wells    10,290.00 


$24,839.10 


12,190.00 
$37,029.10 

HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUND 
Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1944 
Assets 
Equipment  and  Supplies: 

Machinery    $  2,190.42 

Furniture  and  fixtures    132.45 

Printing  inventory    2,095.63 

Appliances  inventory    4,424.21 

Embossing  inventory    1,811.80 

Stationery,  etc.,  inventory    .  .  .  . " 1,851.21 

$12,505.72 

Investments : 

Securities    $    296,617.59 

Accounts  receivable   1,631.18 

Cash     2,952  16 

Total    $    313,706.65 

Liabilities 

General  account    $    275,477.55 

Funds  and  legacies: 

Special    $      24,839.10 

General     12,190.00  37,029.10 


Accounts  payable   1,200.00 

Total    $    313,706.65 

Treasurer's  Condensed  Income  Account 
Year  Ending  August  31,  1944 

Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes    $      13,797.35 

Interest  and  dividends,   special  funds    1,181.70 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes    $      14,979.05 

Expenses  : 

Pensions     $  600.00 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses    .  .  161.05 

Net  charge  to  Manager   (see  detailed 

statement)     14,837.45  15,598.50 


Expenses  in  excess  of  income    $  619.45 

54 


Manager's  Expense  Account 
Year  Ending  August  31.  1944 

Maintenance  and  operation  of  plant: 

Embossing   $        5,134.20 

Printing   7,944.67 

Appliances    9,370.03 

Stationery    841.31 

Library    1,090.00 

Depreciation  on  machinery  and  equip- 
ment      258.09 

Salaries    2,800.00 

Miscellaneous    377.47 

Pension  retirement  plan  .      .     $281.12 
Less:  contributed  by  em- 
ployees             140.56  140.56 

Loss  on  bad  debts   14.34        $  27,970.67 

Less: 

Discounts   $            27.38 

Sale  of  appliances    7,405.09 

Sale  of  books,  music,  etc 5,697.42 

Bad  debts  recovered   1.30 

Miscellaneous    income    2.03     $      13,133,22 

Net  charge  to  Manager   $      14,837.45 

KINDERGARTEN 
Balance  Sheet,  August  31.  1944 
Assets 
Plant: 

Real  Estate,  Watertown,  less  depreciation    $    281,714.40 

Equipment: 

Furniture    and   household    $        6,585.68 

Tools,  etc 2,992.54 

Music  Department    7,690.00 

Library   Department    86.59  17,354.81 

Investments : 

Real  Estate,  less  depreciation    $    188,547.95 

Securities     2,380,423.02 

Mortgage  receivable   45,000.00      2,613,970.97 

Inventory  of  provisions  and  supplies    10,214.09 

Accounts    receivable    7,062.64 

Cash     59,733.25 

Total    $2,990,050.16 

Liahilities 

General  account    $    645,403.53 

Funds  and  legacies: 

General     $2,049,096.45 

Permanent     254,465.12 

Special     19,485.35       2,323,046.92 

Unexpended  income,  special  funds    $        8,115.61 

Vouchers  payable   2,045,68 

Accounts  payable    40.00 

Withholding  tax    398.42 

Reserve  for  deferred  maintenance    11,000.00 

Total    $2,990,050.16 

55 


Treasurer's  Condensed  Income  Account 
Year  Ending  August  31.  1944 

Interest   and   dividends,    general    purposes  $    103,004.75 

Interest  from   deaf -blind  fund    2,856.08 

Interest  from  special  funds  for  deaf-blind  3,768.26 

Interest  from   special  funds    1,276.32 

$    110,905.41 
Less  —  Rent:  Net  loss 3,143.89     $    107,761.52 

Tuition   and  board,   Massachusetts    .  .     $      38,780.00 

Tuition  and  board,  others    33,165.00  71,945.00 

Total    $    179,706.52 

Less:  Special  fund  income  to  special  fund  accounts   ....  1,276.32 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes   ....     $    178,430.20 
Expenses : 

Pensions     $        7,730.00 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses    .  .  3,149.09 

Fire   insurance   premiums    342.73 

Net  charge  to   Director    (see   detailed 

statement,   Institution    Department)  158,408.92          169,630.74 

Income  in  excess  of  expenses    $        8,799.46 

Income  Special  Funds 

On  hand,  September  1.  1943   $        7,814.32 

Add:  Income   1943-1944    1,276.32 

Total    $        9,090.64 

Distributed   975.03 

Unexpended  income  August  31,  1944   $        8,115.61 

General  Account 
August  31,  1944 

Balance,    September    1,    1943    $    717,292.76 

Add: 

Income   in   excess   of   expenses    $        8,799.46 

Music  Department  —  inventory  adjust- 
ments   of    pianos     165.00  8,964.46 

$    726,257.22 
Less : 

Net  loss  on  sale  of  Real  Estate,  150/2 

Boylston   Street    $      76,056.75 

Net  loss  on  sale  of  securities 4,796.94  80,853.69 

Balance,   August  31,   19U    $    645,403.53 

KINDERGARTEN   FUNDS,   AUGUST   31,   1944 
Special  funds: 

Glover  Funds  for  Blind-Deaf  Mutes    $     1,054.10 

Ira  Hiland    (income  to  W.   E.   R.   for  life)    1,000.00 

Emeline  Morse  Lane  Fund    (books)    ,....^...  1,000.00 

Leonard  and  Jeriisha  Hyde  Room  4,000.00 

Dr.    Ruey   B.    Steven's    Charity    Fund    5,500.00 

Lucy  H.  Stratton    (Anagnos   Cottage)    6,931.25 

$19,485.35 

56 


Permanent  funds  (income  for  general  purposes) 


Charles  Tidd  Baker  Fund     $ 

25,342.26 

Mary  D.   Balfour  Fund    . . 

5,692.47 

William  Leonard  Benedict, 

Jr.,    Memorial     

1,000.00 

Samuel   A.    Borden    

4,675.00 

A.  A.  C,  in  Memoriam   . . 

500.00 

Helen    G.    Coburn    

9,980.10 

Charles    Wells    Cook    

5,000.00 

M.    Jane  Wellington   Dan- 

forth   Fund    

10,000.00 

Caroline  T.  Downes    

12,950.00 

Charles    H.    Draper    Fund 

23,934.13 

Eliza  J.  Bell  Draper  Fund 

1,500.00 

Helen  Atkins  Edmands 

Memorial     

5,000.00 

George    R.    Emerson     

5,000.00 

1,000.00 
1,015.00 

Eugenia  F.   Farnham    .... 

Susan  W.  Farwell    

500.00 

John    Foster    

5,000.00 

The  Luther  and  Mary  Gil- 

bert  Fund    

8,541.77 

Jeneral  funds   (principal  and  incoi 

Emilie    Albee     $ 

150  00 

Lydia   A.   Allen    

748.38 

Michael  Anagos    

3,000.00 

Harriet    T.    Andrew    

5,000.00 

Martha   B.   Angell    

34,370.83 

Mrs.   William  Appleton    . . 

18,000.00 

Elizabeth   H.    Bailey    

500.00 

Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker    

2,500.00 

EUen    M.    Baker    

13,053.48 

Mary  D.   Barrett    

1,000.00 

Nancy    Bartlett    Fund     .  . . 

500.00 

Sidney    Bartlett    

10,000.00 

Emma  M.  Bass    

1,000.00 

Sarah    E.    J.    Baxter     

51,847.49 

Thompson    Baxter    

322.50 

Robert   C.    Billings    

10,000.00 

Harriet    M.    Bowman    .... 

1,013.22 

Sarah  Bradford    

100.00 

Helen  C.   Bradlee   

140,000.00 

J.   Putnam  Bradlee    

192,391.24 

Charlotte  A.   Bradstreet    . . 

13,576.19 

Ellen  F.  Bragg  

8,006.69 

Lucv    S.    Brewer    

7,811.56 

Sarah  Crocker  Brewster  . . 

500.00 

Ellen    Sophia    Brown    

1,000.00 

Rebecca  W.   Brown    

8,977.55 

Harriet  Tilden  Browne    . . 

2,000.00 

Katherine  E.   BuUard    

2,500.00 

Annie    E.    Caldwell    

5,000.00 

John    W.    Carter    

500.00 

Kate   H.    Chamberlin    

5,715.07 

Adeline  M.   Chapin    

400.00 

Benjamin   P.   Cheney    

5.000.00 

Fanny  C.  Coburn   

424.06 

Charles   H.    Colburn   

1,000.00 

Helen    Collamore    

5,000.00 

Anna    T.    Coolidge    

53,873.38 

Mrs.  Edward  Cordis 

300.00 

Sarah    Silver    Cox     

5,000.00 

Lavonne  E.   Crane    

3,365.21 

Susan   T.    Crosby    

100.00 

Margaret  K.  Cummings   . . 

6,000.00 

James   H.   Danford    

1,000.00 

Catherine    L.    Donnison 

1,000.00 

George   E.   Downes    

3,000.00 

Amanda   E.   Dwight    

6,295.00 

Lucy  A.   Dwight    

4,000.00 

Harriet  H.   Ellis    

6,074.79 

Mary  E.  Emerson    

1.000.00 

Albert    Glover     $        1,000.00 

Martha    R.    Hunt    10,000.00 

Mrs.    Jerome    Jones    Fund  9,935.95 

Charles    Lamed    5,000.00 

Elisha    T.    Loring    5,000.00 

George  P.   Parkman    3,500.00 

Catherine  P.  Perkins    10,000.00 

Edith    Rotch    10.000.00 

Frank  Davison  Rust  Mem- 
orial        15,600.00 

Caroline    O.    Seabury    1,000.00 

Phoebe  Hill  Simpson  Fund  3,446.11 

Eliza    Sturgis    Fund     21,729.52 

Abby  K.    Sweetser    25,000.00 

Hannah  R.   Sweetser  Fund  5,000.00 

Mrs.    Harriet    Taber    Fund  622.81 

Levina   B.   Urbino    500.00 

The    May   Rosevear   White 

Fund    500.00 

$254,465.12 


Mary  B.  Emmons   $        1,000.00 

Arthur   F.    Estabrook    ....  2,000.00 

Ida  F.  Estabrook   2,114.00 

Orient  H.   Eustis    500.00 

Annie  Louisa  Fay  Mem- 
orial        1,000.00 

Sarah   M.    Fay    15,000.00 

Charlotte  M.   Fiske    5,000.00 

Ann   Maria   Fosdick    14,333.79 

Nancy   H.    Fosdick    3.937.21 

Fanny  Foster    378,087.49 

Margaret   W.   Frothingham  500.00 

Elizabeth    W.    Gay    7,931.00 

Ellen   M.   Gifford    5,000.00 

Joseph    B.    Glover     5,000.00 

Mathilda     Goddard     300.00 

Anna  L.    Gray    1,000.00 

Maria  L.   Gray   200.00 

Amelia   Greenbaum    1,000.00 

Caroline   H.    Greene    1.000.00 

Mary  L.  Greenleaf 5,157.75 

Josephine  S.   Hall    3,000.00 

Allen    Haskell    500.00 

Mary   J.   Haskell    8.687.65 

Jennie  B.  Hatch    1.000.00 

Olive  E.   Hayden    4,622.45 

Jane   H.    Hodges    300.00 

Margaret   A.   Holden    2,360.67 

Marion    D.     Hollingsworth  1,000.00 

Frances    H.    Hood     100.00 

Abigail    W.    Howe    1,000.00 

Ezra   S.   Jackson    688.67 

Caroline    E.    Jenks    100.00 

Ellen   M.    Jones    600.00 

Hannah    W.     Kendall     ...  2,515.38 

Clara    P.    Kimball    10,000.00 

David   P.   KimbaU    6,000.00 

Moses     Kimball 1,000.00 

Ann    E.    Lambert     700.00 

Jean  Munroe  Le  Brun    . .  1,000.00 

Willard    H.   Lethbridge    ..  28,179.41 

Frances    E.    Lilly    1,000.00 

William   Litchfield    6,800.00 

Mary   Ann   Locke    5,874.00 

Robert  W.  Lord   1,000.00 

Sophia    N.    Low    1.000.00 

Thomas    Mack     1,000.00 

Augustus   D.   Manson    ....  8.134.00 

Calanthe    E.    Marsh    18,840.33 

Sarah   L.   Marsh    1,000.00 


57 


Jeneral  funds  (principal 

and  income  J 

lor  general  purposes)  — 

Concluded 

Waldo  Marsh    ; 

?           500.00 

Adelaide    Standish     

$         5,000.00 

Annie  B.  Matthews    

45,086.40 

Elizabeth  G.  Stuart 

2,000.00 

Rebecca   S.    Melvin    

23,545.55 

Benjamin  Sweetzer   

2,000.00 

Georgina   Merrill    

4,773.80 

Sarah   W.   Taber    

1,000.00 

Ira    L.    Moore     

1,349.09 

Mary    L.    Talbot     

630.00 

Louise    Chandler    Moulton 

10,000.00 

Cornelia   V.    R.   Thayer    .  . 

10,000.00 

Maria     Murdock     

1,000.00 

Delia    D.    Thorndike    

5,000.00 

Mary  Abbie  Newell    

5,903.65 

Elizabeth    L.    Tilton    

300.00 

Frances  M.  Osgood    

1,000.00 

Betsey  B.   Tohnan    

500.00 

Margaret    S.    Otis     

1,000.00 

Transcript,  ten  dollar  fund 

5,666.95 

Jeannie  Warren    Paine    . . 

1,000.00 

Mary  Wilson   Tucker    

481.11 

Anna    R.    Palfrey    

50.00 

Mary   B.    Turner    

7,582.90 

Sarah   Irene   Parker    

699.41 

Royal  W.   Turner    

24,089.02 

Anna   Q.   T.    Parsons    

4,019.52 

Minnie   H.   Underbill    .... 

1,000.00 

Helen    M.    Parsons    

500.00 

Charles   A.   Vialle    

1,990.00 

Caroline   E.    Peabody    .... 

3,403.74 

Rebecca  P.  Wainwright   . . 

1,000.00 

Edward    D.    Peters    

500.00 

George  W.   Wales    

5,000.00 

Henry  M.    Peyser    

5,678.25 

Maria  W.   Wales    

20,000.00 

Mary   J.    Phipps    

2,000.00 

Gertrude    A.     Walker     .  . . 

178.97 

Caroline   S.    Pickman    .... 

1,000.00 

Mrs.    Charles    E.    Ware    . . 

4,000.00 

Katherine    C.    Pierce    .... 

5,000.00 

Rebecca   B.   Warren    

5,000.00 

Helen   A.    Porter    

50.00 

Jennie   A.    (Shaw)    Water- 

Sarah   E.   Potter,   Endow- 

425,014.44 

565.84 

ment   Fund    

Mary  H.  Watson    

100.00 

Francis  L.   Pratt    

100.00 

Ralph  Watson  Memorial   .  . 

237.92 

943.26 

Isabella  M    Weld 

14,795.06 
666.00 

Mary  S.   C.  Reed    

5,000.00 

Mary    Whitehead    

William  Ward  Rhoades    . . 

7,507.86 

Evelyn    A.    Whitney    Fund 

4^992.10 

Jane    Roberts     

93,025.55 

Julia  A.  Whitney    

100.00 

John    M.    Rodocanachi    .  .  . 

2,250.00 

Sarah    W.    Whitney    

150.62 

Dorothy    Roffe     

500.00 

Betsey  S.  Wilder    

Hannah     Catherine     Wiley 

500.00 
200.00 

Clara    Bates    Rogers     .... 

2,000.00 

500.00 

Mary    W.    Wiley     

Mary  Williams    

150  00 

Mrs.    Benjamin    S.    Rotch 

8,500.00 

5,000.00 

Rebecca     Salisbury     

200.00 

Almira    F.    Winslow    

306.80 

J.    Pauline    Schenki    

10,955.26 

Eliza   C.    Winthrop    

5,041.67 

Joseph     Schofield     

3,000.00 

Harriet  F.   Wolcott   

5,532.00 

Eliza  B.   Seymour    

John  W.  Shapleigh   

5,000.00 
1,000.00 

$2,049,096.45 

Esther    W.    Smith     

Annie    E.    Snow    

5,000.00 
9,903.27 

$2,323,046.92 

58 


CONTRIBUTORS  TO  THE   DEAF-BLIND  FUND 

September  1,  1943 -August  31,  1944 

Carhart,    Mrs.    C.    L.  Md. 

Carter,   Mrs.   Albert   P.  Mass. 

Carter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.   L.  Mass. 

Carter,    Miss    Marion  Mass. 
Carter,    Mr.   and   Mrs.   Richard    B.        Mass. 

Cartland,    Miss    Marion    P.  Conn. 

Casassa,    Miss   Rose  Mass. 

Case,    Miss    Louise   W.  Mass. 

Casselberry,  Mrs.   C.   M.  Mass. 

Chadsey,    Mrs.   H.   M.  Mass. 

Chafee,   Mr.   Z.,   Jr.  Mass. 

Chapin,    Mr.   E.    B.  Mass. 

Chard,  Mrs.  W.   G.  Mass. 

Charles,    Mrs.    Buchanan  Mass. 

Chase,  Mrs.  B.  L.  W  Maine 

Chase,    Mrs.    J.    McC."  N.    Y. 

Chase,    Mrs.    William    E.  Mass. 

Chatfield,    Miss    Alice    E.  Mass. 
Chesterton,    Mr.   and  Mrs.   T.   W.          Mass. 

Chicetto,  Mr.  F.  A.  Mass. 

Child,    Mrs.   H.    W.  Cal. 

Chittenden,   Miss   E.   L.  N.    Y. 

Clapp,    Mr.   Eugene  H.  Mass. 

Clark,  Miss  Alice  Warren  Mass. 

Clark,   Miss   Clara  M.  N.  Y. 

Clark,   Edward  H.  N.  Y. 

Clark.  Mrs.  H.  B.  Conn. 

Clark,   Mr.   Henry   J.  Mass. 

Cole,   Mrs.    Benjamin  Mass. 

Cole,   Mr.   H.   W.  Mass. 

Cole,    Miss    Mary   R.  Mass. 

Conant,  Dr.   and  Mrs.  James  B.  Mass. 

Converse,    Mrs.    Parker  Mass. 

Coon,  Mrs.  E.  A.  N.  Y. 

Cornelison,   Dr.  Robert  W.  N.  J. 

Cornwell,    Mrs.    K.  Cal. 

Coty,   Mrs.    E.   P.  Mass. 

Courtney,  Miss  Mary  L.  N.  H. 

Cowles,  Mrs.  E.  Mass. 

Cox,    Mr.    C.    M.  Mass. 

Crehore,  Miss  Lucy  C.  Mass. 

Crocker,    Mrs.    C.    T.  Mass. 

Crocker,    Mrs.   C.   Thomas,   III  Mass. 

Crowell,  Mrs.  E.  W.  N.  H. 

Cummings,    Mrs.    E.  Mass. 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Greely  S.  Mass. 

Curtis,    Mr.    Louis  Mass. 

Dana  Hall  Service  Fund  Mass. 

Dane,    Mrs.    Ernest    B.  Mass. 

Dane,    Mrs.    John  Mass. 

Danvers     Salvage     Committee  Mass. 

DePrato,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Mass. 

Dearborn,    Mrs.    L.    B.  Mass. 

De    Cormis,    Miss    Constance  Mass. 

d'Humy,  Mr.   F.  E.  N.  Y. 

De  Koning,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Wash. 

Diechmann,  Miss  Bertha  N.  Y. 

Dierksen,   Mrs.   H.  H.  N.  J. 

Doane,     Miss     Jessie  N.     J. 

Douglass,  Miss   Josephine  Mass. 

Douglass,  Mrs.  Mabelle  F.  A.  N.  H. 

Dowling,  Mr.  A.  S.  N.  Y. 

Drinkwater,     Mr.    Arthur  Mass. 

Drury,  Mrs.  S.  S.  Mass. 

Durfee,    Miss    E.    R.  N.    Y. 

Durfee,    Mr.    and  Mrs.   Nathan  Mass. 

Dusinberre,  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Mass. 


Abbott,   Mrs.  W.   T. 

111. 

Adam  Hat  Stores,  Inc. 

Mass. 

Adams,   Miss   Jessie  L. 

Mass. 

Ade,    Miss    Laura    M. 

Iowa 

Adler,  Miss  Cecilia 

N.  Y. 

Allen,    Mr.    J.    J. 

So.  Dak. 

Allen,   Mrs.    Jane  M. 

Ky. 

American    National   Charities 

Ohio 

Amory,    Mrs.    Charles 

Mass. 

Amory,   Mr.   Roger 

Mass. 

Andrus,   Mrs.    G.    E. 

Colo. 

Angier,    Mrs.    G.    M. 

Mass. 

Armington,    Miss    E. 

Mass. 

Ashworth,  Miss  Lillian  P 

Mass. 

Atherton,   Mr.   J.  Ballard 

Hawaii 

Athey,    Mrs.    C.   N. 

Md. 

Austin,    Mrs.    Calvin 

Mass. 

Badger,    Dr.    and   Mrs.    T.    L. 

Mass. 

Bagg,    Miss    Shirley 

Mass. 

Baker,   Mrs.    B.    J. 

Mass. 

Balch,    Mrs.    John 

Mass. 

Bancroft,    Miss    Mary    E. 

Mass. 

Banes,  Miss   Margaret 

Mass. 

Barber,  Mrs.  G.  C. 

N.  Y. 

Barr,   Miss   Ada  M. 

N.  Y. 

Barry,   Miss   E.   C. 

Mass. 

Bartol,    Mrs.    John    W. 

Mass. 

Bassett,    Mrs.    N.    L. 

Vt. 

Baur,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  B. 

Ohio 

Baxter,  Miss  Ruth 

N.  Y. 

Beal,    Mr.    Joseph,    Jr. 

Mass. 

Bean,  Mrs.  Henry  S. 

Mass. 

Beardsley,    Mrs.    W.    H. 

Vt. 

Becker,  Mr.   Herman  J. 

N.   Y. 

Benioff,    Mrs.    David 

Cal. 

Benner,  Miss  Frances  Z.  T. 

Mass. 

Best,  Mr.  William 

N.  Y. 

Binney,    Miss    H.    Maude 

Mass. 

Blackborn,    Mrs.    S.    W. 

111. 

Blake,   Mr.  F.  T. 

Mass. 

Bliss,  Mr.  G.  H. 

Mass. 

Blix,   Miss    Katie 

Cal. 

Bloomberg,    Mrs.    Wilfred 

Mass. 

Boardman,  Mr.  Reginald 

Mass. 

Boston  Committee  for  Blind 

Mass. 

Bowden,    Mrs.    F.    P. 

Mass. 

Bowditch,    Mrs.    Henry    L. 

Mass. 

Bowser,    Mrs.    R.   A. 

Mass. 

Boyd,   Dr.  Walter  W. 

D.  C. 

Bradley,    Mr.    Leland    E. 

Mass. 

Bra  vies.    Dr.    Elizabeth 

Mass. 

Brewer,  Mrs.  Charles 

Mass. 

Brinley,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Godfrey 

Mass. 

Brown,    Miss    Adelaide    J. 

Cal. 

Brown,    Mrs.    E.    P. 

Mass. 

Brown,    Mrs.    Hobart    W. 

Mass. 

Brown,   Mrs.    Leroy    S. 

Mass. 

Brown,  Miss  Margaret   L. 

N.  Y. 

Bruckhauser,  Mrs.  W.  K. 

Mass. 

Bullard,    Miss     Ellen 

Mass. 

Bush,   Miss   M.   L. 

Mass. 

Cabot,   Mrs.    Henry   B. 

Mass. 

Cabot,    Mr.    Godfrey 

Mass. 

Cambridge    Screw    Co. 

Mass. 

Campbell,    Mrs.    W.    M. 

Mass. 

Canney,    Mr.   T.   D. 

Mass. 

59 


Eager,  Miss  Mabel  T. 

Eames.   Mrs.    B.   E. 

East,   Mrs.  A.   S. 

Eastham,    Mr.   and   Mrs.   Melville 

East   Lynn  American   Legion  Aux. 

Eaton,  Mrs.  Frank 

Edwards,   Mr.  and  Mrs.   H.   E. 

Eggers,    Mr.    William    A. 

Eisenbrey,   Mr.    J.    K. 

Elder,    Miss    Vera 

Emerson,  Miss  Mabel  E. 

Emerson,    Mrs.    R.    L. 

Emerson,  Mrs.  William 

Eustis,  Mr.   S.  R. 


Mass. 
Texas 


Mass. 
N.  J. 
Mass. 
Ohio 
Penn. 
N.    Y. 


Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 


Faunce,    Miss    Eliza    H.  Mass. 

Fay,    Mrs.   D.    B.  Mass. 

Feldman,   Mrs.   Moses   D.  Mass. 

Feldman,  Mr.   Samuel  N.  J. 

Filene,    Mrs.    Lincoln  Mass. 

Finberg,  Mrs.  Chester  F.  Mass. 

Finfrock,    Miss   Anna   L.  Ind. 
First   Parish   Sunday   School 

East  Bridgewater,  Mass. 
First  Parish    (Unitarian)    of  Concord 

Fish,  Mr.   Ralph  E.  Mass! 

Fisher,    Miss    Emma  N.    Y. 

Fisk,   Mrs.  Otis  H.  Mass. 

Foster,    Mr.    Benjamin    B.  Mo. 

Foster,    Miss    Hilda    S.  Mass. 

Fowler,    Louis    F.  Mass. 

Fox,  Lt.    (jg)    and  Mrs.  M.  B.  Mass. 

Friedman,    Mrs.    Henry   E.  Mass. 

Frothingham,   Miss   Eugenia  B.  Mass. 

Frye,    Miss    Cornelia  Cal. 

Furness,    Miss    Laura  Mass. 

Galowin,   Miss   Mary  N.  Y. 

Gardner,     Mr.     Colin  Ohio 

Gardner,     G.     Peabody  Mass. 

Gardner,  Mrs.  George  P.  Mass. 

Gardner,    Mrs.    Louis  Mass. 

Garside,   Miss   LiUian  Mass. 

Gile,    Mr.    A.    L.  Wash. 

Gleason,  Miss   Ellen  H.  Mass. 

Goddard,   Mrs.   J.    V.  Mass. 

Goldthwaite,  Mrs.   Joel  E.  Mass. 

Gooch,    Mr.  C.   W.  Va. 
Goodman,    Abraham    and    MoUie 

Foundation,   Inc.  N.    Y. 

Goodwin,    Mrs.    Fred   M.  Mass. 

Goodwin,  Mrs.  F.  £.  Mass. 

Gordon,  Mrs.   John   D.  N.   Y. 

Gould,  Mrs.  Marion  R.  N.  Y. 

Graboj^,  Mr.   Lewis  M.  Mass. 

Grammer,  Mrs.  H.  C.  Mass. 

Graton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  C.  Mass. 

Graves,   Mrs.    H.   S.  Conn. 

Green,  Mr.   Edward  B.  N.  Y. 

Greer,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    J.   W.  Mass. 

Gregory,    Agnes  Mass. 

Griffin'^.   Mrs.    Edward   J.  Mass. 

Grizzell,    Miss    Florence  Kans. 

Gross,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Robert  H.  Mass. 

Guggenheim,  Mr.  William,  Jr.  N.  Y. 

Hager,   Mr.   Clayton  M.  Mass. 

Hall,    Miss   Minna   B.  Mass. 

Hallowell,    Mr.    Robert    H.  Mass. 

Halperin,  A.   E.   Co.,    Inc.  Mass. 

Hamann,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  H  Conn. 

Hamilton,    Mrs.    B.    E.  Mass. 

Hardesty,    Miss    L.    P.  D.    C. 

Harris,   Mrs.   Edward  N.  Y. 

Hai-ty,  Miss  Margaret  A.  Mass. 

Harvard    Engraving    Co.  Mass. 


Haseltine,    Miss    Caroline    M.  Cal. 

Hastings,  Mrs.  Merrill  G.  Mass. 

Hatch,    Pascal    E.  111. 

Hayes,  Miss  Margaret  E.  Mass. 

Heater,    George    L.  Ohio 

Hendricks,    Miss   Helen   R.  N,    Y. 

Hendrickson,  Mr.  John  C.  N.  Y. 

Herr,    Mrs.    Secor  Mass. 

Higgins,   Mr.  and  Mrs.   A.   C.  Mass. 

Hight,   Mrs.   Clarence  A.  Mass. 

Hill,   Mr.    A.    S.  Mass. 
Hiller,  The  Misses  Emily  and  Edna        Cal. 

Hilles,    Mrs.    William    S.  Del. 

Hinman,  G.  W.  Mass. 

Holzer,    U.,    Inc.  Mass. 

Hooper,   Mrs.   James   R.  Mass. 

Hopkins,   Mrs.   Ernest  M.  N.  H. 

Hornblower,   Mrs.  Henry  Mass. 

Howe,   Mrs.   C.   A.  Mass. 

Howe,    Dr.   O.    H  Mass. 

Howland,   Mrs.   William  D.  Mass. 

Hubbard,    Miss    Helen  N.    H. 

Hunnewell,    Mr.    Francis    W.  Mass. 

Hyde,  Mr.  Russell  S.  Mass. 

Hyman,    Mr.    Abe  Mass. 

JeweU,    Mrs.    Charlotte    M.  Cal. 

Johnson,   Mr.  J.   A.  Cal. 

Johnson,  Miss  K.   T.  Mass. 

Jones,  Mrs.   Daniel  Fiske  Mass. 

Jones,  Margaret  H.  Mass. 

Jordan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eben  Mass. 

Kahn,   Mrs.   Elliott  M.  N.   Y. 

Kaplan,    Mrs.    Bernard  Md. 

Keith,  Mrs.  George  E.  Mass. 

Kelchner,   Mr.    C.    S.  Penn. 

Kellogg,   Mrs.    Caroline  J.  Mass. 

Kennedy,    Mrs.    F.    L.  Mass. 

Kienbusch,    C.    O.    V.  N.    Y. 

King,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   H.   P.  Mass. 

Kress,    Samuei    H.    Foundation  N.    Y. 

LaCroix,  Mrs.  Morris  F.  Mass. 

Lang,   Miss   Margaret  R.  Mass. 

Langley,    Ernest    F.  Mass. 

Latimer,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   H.  R.  Md. 

Le  Favre,  Mr.   W.    O.  Mass. 

Leishman,    Jean    Campbell  Mass. 

Leslie,    Mrs.    Jessie    Saybolt  N.    J. 

Levi,  Mr.  Leon  Md. 

Levison,    Mr.    Benjamin  N.    Y. 

Lions   Club  of   Brookline  Mass. 

Littlefield,   Miss   Ina  B.  R.  I. 

Livermore,    Mrs.    Homer   F.  Mass. 

Locke,  Mrs.  A    W.  Mass. 

Lovejoy,   Mrs.   Frederick   H.  Mass. 

Lovejoy,  Miss  Helen  D.  Mass. 

Lowe,   Mr.   Joe  N.  Y. 

Lowe,  Miss  Katherine  M.  Mass. 

Luce,   Hon.  Robert  Mass. 

Lufkin,    Richard    H.  Mass. 
Lyman,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Arthur   T.       Mass. 

Lyon,  Mrs.   George  A.  Mass. 

McCabe,  Joseph  P.,  Inc.  Mass. 

McCreary,    Lewis    S.  Mass. 

McGarry,  Rev.  John  J.  Mass. 

McGowan,   Miss   Ethel  Mass. 

McKibbin,   Miss   Emily  W.  Mass. 

McLeod,     Mrs.     Archibald  Mich. 

McMichaels,    Mrs.    Louise   G.  Mass. 

McPheeters,   Mrs.   T.   S.  Mo. 

MacDermott,    Mr.    Charles    T.  Mass. 

Mack,    Miss    Rebecca  Ohio 

Mailman,    Guy    'W.  Mass. 

Malcolm,  Mr.  William  J.,   Jr.  Mass. 

Malloch,  Mrs.  Walter  Scott  Cal. 


60 


Marks   Bros.,    Inc.,    Employees  Mass. 

Martin,   Mrs.    Leroy   H.  Mass. 

Marvin,    Miss    K.    M.  Mass. 

Massachusetts    Rainbow    Girls  Mass. 

May,   Mrs.    Marcus   B.  Mass. 

Mazyck,   Miss   Margaret  K.  S.    C. 

Melcher,    Miss    Edith  Mass. 

Melish,    Mrs.    Thomas  Ohio 

Menzer,    Miss    Lily    C.  N.    Y. 

Merian,    Mrs.    A.    W.  Maine 
Merrill,   Dr.   and   Mrs.    David   A.         N.   J. 

Merrill.  Mrs.  E.  D.  Mass. 

Merrill,  Mrs.  Sherborn  M.  Mass. 

Merriman,  Mrs.  E.  Bruce  R.  I. 

Merritt,  Miss   Mildred  A.  Penn, 

Mesker,   Mrs.    Frank  Mo. 

Minot,  James  J.  Mass. 

Mitchell,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.   R.  Mass. 

Moffitt,   J.  K  Cal. 

Mohr,    Frank  J.  Penn. 

Moir,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  A.  Mass. 

Monks,    Rev.   G.   Gardner  Mass. 

Montague,   Mrs.   Henry  W.  Mass. 

Moon,   Parry  Mass. 

Moore,   Mrs.   Clifford   H.  Mass. 

Moreland,    Edward    L.  Mass. 

Morse,    Mr.  and  Mrs.   Arthur  H.  Mass. 

Morse,   Miss   Jessie  G.  Mass. 

Moses,  Mrs.  George  Mass. 

Motherwell,    J.   W.  Mass. 

Motley,    Warren  Mass. 

Murdock,    Mrs.    John,    Jr.  Mass. 

Murphy,  Rev.  David  J.  Mass. 

Murphy,   Mr.   Ray   Slater  N.    Y. 
Murray   Printing    Company,    The         Mass. 

Myles,   Mrs.  Ethel  C.  Cal. 

Nash,  Miss  Carolyn  R.  D.  C. 

Nelson,   Dr.   and  Mrs.   N.   A.  Md. 

Newbegin,    Cyrus    F.  Mass. 

Neyhart,   Mr.   Adnah  Mass. 

Nichols,  Mr.  W.  H.  &  Sons  Mass. 
Noble,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  K.  D. 

Honolulu,  T.  H. 

Norris,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   J.    F.  Mass. 

North,    Mrs.    F.    O.  Mass. 

Norton,   Mrs.   D.    C.  N.   H. 

Noyes,   Mrs.   Harry  K.  Mass. 

O'Keeffe,   Mr.  Adrian  Mass. 

O'KeeflPe,  Lionel  Mass. 

Oldenberg,    Otto  Mass. 

Olmstead,  Mrs.  J.   C.  Mass. 

Ott,  Richard  M.  Mass. 

Page,   Mrs.   Newman  Mass. 

Paine,   Mrs.   William  D.  Mass. 

Parents    Magazine — Publishers  N.    Y. 

Parker,   Mr.   A.   T_  Mass. 

Parmelee,   Miss   Mary  J.  N.    Y. 

Peabody,    Miss   Amelia  Mass. 

Peabodv,  Mr.  Harold  Mass. 

Peabody,  Miss  Margery  Mass. 

Peirce,   Mr.   J.   Gilbert  Mass. 

Perkins,    Edward    N.  N.  .  Y. 

Pfaelzer,  Mrs.  Franklin  T.  Mass. 

Phillips,    Miss    Anne  Mass. 

Phillips,   Mr.   A.    V.  Mass. 

Pieri,    Albert  N.  J. 

Pilley,    John  Mass. 

Pingree,  Mrs.  Arthur  H.  Mass. 

Pomeroy,    Mrs.    N.    A.  Conn. 

Porter,   Miss   Alice  N.   Y. 

Post,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  Mass. 

Post,    Mrs.    Price  N.    Y. 

Potosky,  Mrs.  Cecilia  N.  Y. 

Powers,  Dr.  Lillian  Delgar  N.  Y. 

Prescott,  S.  C.  Mass. 


Primary  Department,   Central  Church 

School    of    Newtonville  Mass. 

Proctor,    Mrs.   C.    A.  Mass. 

Pruett,    Mrs.   H.    J.  Cal. 

Quincy   Women's    Club   Juniors  Mass. 

Red&dd,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Mass. 

Reed,   Miss   Anna  N.  Wis. 

Reed,  Miss  Emily  S.  Mass. 

Reid,   Mr.   William   E.  N.  Y. 

Reiter,   Miss   Alma   S.  Va. 

Rice,   John  C.  Mass. 

Rice,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  L.  D.  C. 

Richards,    Mrs.    C.    W.  Mass. 

Richards,   John  N.    H. 

Richards,   Miss   Rosalind  Maine 

Richardson,    Mr.   John  Mass. 

Riley,    Mrs.   Charles   E.  Mass. 

Robbins,    Mrs.    Royal  Mass. 

Rodgers,    Miss    Elsie    G.  Penn. 

Rodgers,    Mr.   Robert  Penn. 

Roe,  Miss  Mary  Ind. 

Rogers,   Dr.  and  Mrs.  Horatio  Mass. 

Rood,  Mrs.  Stanley  H.  Conn. 

Ross,   Arthur  T.  Mass. 
Rothschild,  Lt.   Col.  and  Mrs.  J.         Mass. 

Rothwell,    Bernard    J.  Mass. 

Rousmaniere,   Mrs.    E.    S.  Mass. 
Rowlett,    Mrs.    Thomas    Stewart         Mass_ 

Russell,    William   C.  Conn. 

Rutledge,  Mrs.  R.  C.  Cal. 

Sack,  Mr.   Benjamin  N.   Y. 

Sang,  Mrs.   Sars   A.  Fla. 

Saunders,  Miss  Edith  St.  L.  Mass. 

Schenck,    Mrs.    Garret,    Jr.  Mass. 

Schneider,    Miss    Elizabeth  Mass. 

Schnell,  Julius  N  N.  Y. 

Schrafft,   W.  E.  Mass. 

Schumacker,   Miss    L.   L.  N.   J. 

Schwarzman,   Isadore  0.  N.   J. 

Scott,   Mrs.   Hugh  D.  Mass. 
Second    Church    in    Newton, 

The  Church  School  Mass. 

Seltzer,    Mrs.    John  Oio 

Shattuck,   Henry   L.  Mass. 

Shaw,   Harold   B.  Mass. 

Shaw,   Louis   Agassiz,    2d  Mass. 

Simon,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Harry  Neb. 

Simonds,    Mrs.    Gifford    K.  Mass. 

Slicer,    Miss    Henrietta   W.  Md. 

Smith,    Miss    Bertha    E.  Mass. 

Smith,    Dr.   and  Mrs.   George  Mass. 

Smith,   Mr.  Francis  D.  Colo. 

Smith,  Mrs.   J.   Archy  Fla. 

Smith,  William  E.  N.  Y. 

Snow,    Mr.    Andre  Mass. 

Southard,    Mrs.    Hari-y    C.  Mass. 

Spaulding,    Mr.    J.    L.,    Jr.  Mass. 

Spector,   Mr.   Robert  N.  Y. 

Spelman,  Mr     and  Mrs.   H.   M.  Mass. 

Spink,    Miss  'Ruth    H.  111. 

Steele,    Miss   Katherine  E.  D.   C. 

Stevens,    Mrs.    Brooks,    Jr.  Mass. 

Stevens,   Miss    Lena  Mass. 

Stone,   Mrs.   Edward   H.  Mass. 

Stone,  Mrs.   Robert  G.  Mass. 

Stone,    Mrs.    S.    M.  Mass. 

Strathy,  Mrs.  Richardson  N.  Y. 

Straus,    David  Ohio 

Stuart,    Miss    Charlotte    V.  Mass. 

Sturgis,  Mrs.  M.  E.  Mass. 

Sublett,   Miss   Ruth  Va. 

Sullivan,    Patrick   H.  Mass. 

Sullivan,  R.  C,  Co.  Mass. 

Summers,  Merle  G.  Mass. 


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Sweeney,  James  E. 

Mass. 

Swinerton,  Miss  Lenna  D. 

Mass. 

Swinney,   Miss   Ruth 

Oregon 

Taber,   Mrs.    T.   T. 

N.J. 

Talano,  Mr.   A.   H. 

Gal. 

Talbot,  Mrs.   Fritz  B. 

Mass. 

Talman,    Harry    J. 

Mass. 

Thalman,  Mrs.  E.   E. 

N.   Y. 

Thayer,    Mr,   and   Mrs.    Ernest   L. 

Cai. 

Thayer,    Mrs.   James   B. 

Mass. 

Thomas,   Miss   Helen 

Mass. 

Thomas,    John    G.    W. 

Mass. 

Thompson,   Miss   Helen   M. 

Mass. 

Thompson  V/ater  Cooler  Co. 

Mass. 

Thorns,    Miss    K.    Roberta 

Ohio 

Thorp,   Miss    Alice   A. 

Mass. 

Tierney,  John  P. 

Mass. 

Tower,   Miss    Florence   E. 

Mass. 

Trainer,   H.  R. 

Mass. 

Tuckerman,   Mrs.    Sears 

Mass. 

Uhle,   Henry  W. 

Penn. 

VanBuskirk,    Mr.    George    L. 

N.    Y. 

Van    Norden,   Mrs.   Grace  C. 

Mass. 

Ver  Planck,   Philip 

Mass. 

Vickery,    Mrs.    Herman    F. 

Mass. 

Vogel.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  H. 

Mass. 

Wales,  Quincy  "W. 

Mass. 

Wallace,  Miss  Bessie  M. 

N.  Y. 

Wallburg,   Mrs.   O. 

Mass. 

Waples,    Mr.    S.    H. 

Mich. 

Ward,    Edgar 

Mass. 

Ward,  Miss  M.  DeC. 

Mass. 

Warner,  Mrs.  G.  E. 

Mass. 

Warner,   Mrs.   Sam  B.  D.  C. 

Washburn,   Rev.    Henry  B.  Mass. 

Waterman,  iJr.  and  Mrs.  G.  A.  Mass. 

Webster,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  L.  J.  N.  H. 

Wells,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  B.  Mass. 

Wetherell,  Mrs.   F.  A.  Mass. 

Whealan,   James   E.  111. 

Wheelan,  R.  B.  N.  Y. 

White,   Miss   Eliza  Orne  Mass. 

White,   Miss  Gertrude  R.  Mass. 

V/hitman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  B.  Mass. 

Whitney,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  H.  Mass. 

Whitney,   Mrs.   Geoffrey   G.  Mass. 

Whittem,  Mr.  A.   F.  Mass. 

Wiechers,    Mrs.    John  Wis. 

Wight,  Mrs.   Elsie  B.  Mass. 

Wight,   Mrs.   Marcus    Seymour  Mass. 

Wilcox,   Mr.   F.    C.  N.  Y. 

Wilkins,    Miss    Georgia    M.  Ga. 

Williams,  Mrs.  Arthur  Mass. 

Williams,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Mass. 

Willing,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Mass. 

Williston,  Miss  Emily  Mass. 

Wilmot,    Mrs.    E.    P.  Texas 

Wilson,  Mrs.  F.  A.  Mass. 

Winn,  Mr.   Charles   C.  Mass. 
Winslow,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Charles   G.     Mass. 

Wood,   Mrs.  C.  F.  Ky. 

Wood,   Mrs.   O.   G.  Mass. 
Wright,    Mr.    and   Mrs.   George   R.      Mass. 

Wright,   Mrs.   Vernon  A.  Minn. 


Young,   Dr.   Walter   H.  Mass. 

Zinkus,   Mrs.   Alice  M.  Mass. 

Zschirpe,    Miss    Minnie   E.  Conn. 


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FORM  OF  BEQUEST 

I  hereby  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution 
AND  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly 
organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  the  sum  of  dollars  ($  ),  the  same  to 

be  applied  to  the  general  uses  and  purposes  of  said  corporation  under 
the  direction  of  its  Board  of  Trustees;  and  I  do  hereby  direct  that 
the  receipt  of  the  Treasurer  for  the  time  being  of  said  corporation 
shall  be  a  sufficient  discharge  to  my  executors  for  the  same. 


FORM  OF  DEVISE  OF  REAL  ESTATE 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly  organ- 
ized and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonv/ealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, that  certain  tract  of  real  estate  bounded  and  described  as 
follows : 

(Here  describe  the  real  estate  accurately) 
with  full  power  to  sell,  mortgage  and  convey  the  same  free  of  all 
trusts. 


NOTICE 

The  address  of  the  treasurer  of  the  corporation  is  as  follows: 

ROGER  AMORY 

19  Congress  Street,  Boston  9,  Mass. 


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One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth 
Annual  Report 

of 

Perkins  Institution 

and 

Massachusetts    School 
for  the  Blind 

Incorporated  March   2,   1829 


1945 


Offices  of  Administration  and  Schools 
Watertown  72,  Mass. 


THE  WORKSHOP 

549  E.  Fourth  Street 

South  Boston  27,  Mass. 


THE  TREASURER 
75  Federal  Street 
Boston  10,  Mass. 


I 


CONTENTS 

Calendar 4 

History 5 

Past  Officers 6 

Officers  of  the  Corporation 7 

Officers  of  Administration 8 

Upper   School   Staff 9 

Lower  School   Staff 10 

Members  of  the  Corporation 11 

Proceedings   of  the   Corporation 13 

Report  of  the  Trustees 16 

Report  of  the   Director 17 

Report   of   the   Ophthalmologist           45 

Report  of  the  Physician 46 

Report   of  the   Dentists 46 

Workshop   for  Adults             47 

Howe   Memorial   Press           48 

List  of  Pupils 49 

Acknowledgments 52 

Statement  of  Accounts 55 

Institution 55 

Howe  Memorial  Press 61 

Kindergarten 62 

Contributors 66 

Form  of  Bequest 75 


PERKINS   CALENDAR    1945  -  46 


September 

10. 

September 

11. 

September 

11. 

September 

12. 

September 

17 

October 

8. 

October 

9. 

October 

9. 

October 

15. 

November 

5. 

November 

12. 

November 

13. 

November 

19. 

November 

21. 

November 

25. 

November 

26. 

December 

10. 

December 

11. 

December 

14. 

December 

16. 

December 

17. 

December 

17. 

December 

18. 

December 

19. 

January 

2. 

January 

3. 

January 

8. 

January 

14. 

January 

21. 

February 

12. 

February 

18. 

February 

22. 

March 

11. 

March 

12. 

March 

18, 

April 

8. 

April 

9. 

April 

10. 

April 

23. 

April 

24. 

May 

13. 

May 

14. 

May 

20. 

May 

30. 

June 

S. 

June 

10. 

June 

11. 

June 

15, 

June 

19. 

September 

10. 

September 

17. 

September 

18. 

September 

19. 

Staff   Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Pupils  Return  after  Summer  Vacation 

School  begins 

Matrons'  Meeting   (All  Matrons) 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Director's  Reception 

Matrons'  Meeting   (Lower  School) 

Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting   (Girls'  Upper  School) 

Pupils  leave  for  Thanksgiving  Vacation  after  classes 

Pupils  return  from  Thanksgiving  Vacation 

School  begins 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Christmas  Concert 

Christmas  Concert 

Matrons'  Meeting    (Boys'   Upper  School) 

Cottage  Christmas  Parties 

Christmas  Concert 

Pupils   leave   for   Christmas   Vacation   after   classes 

Pupils  return  from  Christmas  Vacation 

School  begins 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Staff  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting   (All  Matrons) 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 
Matrons'  Meeting   (Lower  School) 
Holiday 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Matrons'  Meeting   (Girls'  Upper  School) 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 
Pupils  leave  for  Easter  Vacation 
Pupils  return  from  Easter  Vacation 
School  begins 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting   (All  Matrons) 

Holiday 

Alumnae  Day 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Alumni  Day 

Graduation  Day 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
Staff  Meeting 

Pupils  return  after  Summer  Vacation 
School  begins 


PERKINS   INSTITUTION 

HISTORY 

IN  1826  Dr.  John  D.  Fisher  returned  to  Boston  from  Paris  resolved  to  provide  for 
the  blind  of  Massachusetts  the  same  care  afforded  them  in  France.  Enlisting 
the  aid  of  friends,  a  committee  was  formed  and  upon  petition  to  the  Legislature 
an  Act  of  Incorporation  vras  granted  on  March  2,  1829,  establishing  "The  New 
Kngland  Asylum  for  the  Blind,"  the  first  school  in  America  for  those  without  sight. 
In  1831  Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  just  returned  from  participation  in  the  Greek 
wars,  was  elected  the  first  director,  and  in  August,  1832,  the  first  classes  were  held 
in  the  house  of  Dr.  Howe's  father  on  Pleasant  Street. 

During  the  early  years  Col.  Thomas  H.  Perkins  became  interested  in  the  little 
school  and  gave  for  its  lose  his  large  hoiose  on  Pearl  Street.  The  need  for  larger 
quarters  was  soon  apparent,  and  in  1839  the  great  hotel  in  South  Boston  was 
purchased.  This  purchase  was  made  possible  by  the  assent  of  Colonel  Perkins  to  the 
sale  of  the  house  that  he  had  given  to  the  school.  Because  of  this  magnanimous 
attitude  of  Colonel  Perkins  the  trustees  renamed  the  school  "Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  Asylum  for  the  Blind."  This  name  was  changed  in  1877  to  the 
present  name,   "Perkins   Institution  and   Massachusetts   School  for  the   Blind." 

Dr.  Howe  directed  the  growing  work  of  Perkins  Institution  for  forty  years  and 
was  succeeded  in  1876  by  his  Greek  prot^g6  and  son-in-law,  Michael  Anagnos.  Mr. 
Anagnos  created  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  for  publishing  embossed  books  and  for 
the  manufacture  of  appliances  for  education  of  the  blind.  In  1887  he  founded 
the  Kindergarten  in  Jamaica  Plain,  the  first  school  in  the  world  for  little  blind 
children.     After  thirty  years  of  leadership  Mr.  Anagnos  died  in  Rumania  in  1906. 

In  1907  the  directorship  of  Perkins  Institution  fell  to  Edward  E.  Allen,  head  of 
the  school  for  the  blind  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  had  just  rebuilt  the  school  plant 
on  a  garden  site  outside  of  the  city.  Coming  to  Boston,  Mr.  Allen  began  plans  for 
a  new  Perkins,  and  in  1912  the  Institution  and  in  1913  the  Kindergarten  were  housed 
in  the  beautiful  new  plant  at  Watertown.  These  buildings  situated  on  an  old  estate 
of  thirty-four  acres  on  the  banks  of  the  Charles  River,  have  school  and  residence 
facilities  for  nearly  three  hundred  pupils.  Dr.  Allen  retired  in  1931.  His  last 
ofiicial  act  was  to  write  the  one  hundredth  annual  report.  Thus  for  a  century 
Perkins  Institution   had  but  three  directors. 

PURPOSE 

Perkins  Institution  provides  for  the  visually  handicapped  youth  of  New  England 
full  educational  opportunity  from  Kindergarten  through  High  School.  The  content 
of  instruction  corresponds  with  that  offered  to  seeing  boys  and  girls  in  the  public 
schools.  The  methods  of  instruction  of  necessity  differ.  Principal  differences  are 
that  embossed  books  take  the  place  of  ink-print,  and  studies  are  taught  objectively. 
In  the  adaptation  and  invention  of  means  of  instructing  the  blind  Perkins  has  been 
a  pioneer  through  its  century  of  existence.  Much  attention  is  paid  to  physical  and 
manual  training  and  to  music.  Opportunity  is  provided  for  those  qualified  to 
pursue  higher  studies  or  take  advanced  work  in  music  and  vocational  fields. 

Boys  and  girls  without  sight  or  with  insufficient  sight  to  read  ink-print  are 
admitted  as  pupils,  if  capable  of  education  and  in  good  health.  While  at  the  school 
pupils  reside  in  cottages  where  the  teachers  also  live,  and  through  this  association 
they  acquire  that  unconscious  tuition  which  is  such  an  important  part  of  the  program 
of  socialization.  The  primary  aim  of  Perkins  Institution  is  to  qualify  its 
visually  handicapped  pupils  to  take  contributory  places  in  normal  life.  New 
pupils  are  admitted  in  September  and  February,  and  aU  pupils  must  return  to  their 
homes  for  the  short  vacations  at  Christmas  and  Easter  and  for  the  long  vacation 
in  the  summer. 

5 


PAST   OFFICERS 


PRESIDENTS 


1830-1837,  Jonathan  Phillips 
1838-1839,  Samuel  Appleton 
1840-1846,  Peter  C.  Brooks 
1847-1854,  Richard  Fletcher 
1855-1861,  Edward   Brooks 


1861-1869,  Samuel  May 
1870-1871,  Martin  Brimmer 
1872-1897,  Samuel  Eliot 
1898-1930,  Francis  H.  Appleton 
1930-  Robert  H.  Hallowell 


VICE-PRESIDENTS 


1830-1834,  William  Calhoun 
1835-1846,  Thomas  H.  Pernins 
1847-1850,  Edward  Brooks 
1851-  John  D.  Fisher 

1852-1866,  Stephen  Fairbanks 
1867-1870,  Joseph  Lyman 
1871-1892,  John   Cummings 


1893-1896,  George  Hale 
1897-1911,  Amory  a.  Lawrence 
1912-1913,  N.  P.  Hallowell 
1914-1921,  George  H.  Richards 
1922-1929,  William  L.  Richardson 
1930-  G.  Peabody  Gardner 


TREASURERS 


1830-1839,  Richard  Tucker 
1840-1846,  Peter  R.  Dalton 
1847-1861,  Thomas  B.  Wales 
1862-1868,  William  Claflin 
1869-1872,  William  Endicott 
1873-1879,  Henry   Endicott 


1881-1902,  Edward  Jackson 
1903-  Patrick  T.  Jackson 

1904-1916,  William   Endicott 
1917-1935,  Albert  Thorndike 
1935-1945,  Roger  Amory 
1945-  John  P,  Chase 


1880- 


Patrick  T.  Jackson 


SECRETARIES  AND  DIRECTORS 

1831-1876,  Samuel  Gridley  Howe    1907-1931,  Edward  E.  Allen 
1876-1906,  Michael  Anagnos  1931-  Gabriel  Farrell 


!  OFFICERS   OF   THE   CORPORATION 

1945  -  1946 

PRESIDENT 
Robert  H.  Hallowell 
VICE-PRESIDENT  TREASURER 

G.  Peabody  Gardner  John  P.  Chase 

SECRETARY  ASSISTANT   TREASURER 

Gabriel  Farrell  Howard  Whitmore,  Jr. 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

Roger  Amory  Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.  D. 

Rev.  John  J.  Connolly*  Ralph  Lowell 

Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson  Daniel  J.  Lyne* 

Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.  Charles  Maliotis* 

Mrs.  Homer  Gage  Warren  Motley 

Robert  H.  Hallowell  Mrs.  Henry  Parkman,  Jr.* 

STANDING  COMMITTEES 
Executive  Finance 

Robert  H.  Hallowell,  President,  ex  officio       John  P.  Chase, 
John  P.  Chase,  Treasurer,  ex  officio  Treasurer,  ex  officio 

Gabriel  Farrell,  Secretary,  ex  officio  G.  Peabody  Gardner 

Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson  Ralph  Lowell  Ralph  Lowell 
Daniel  J.  Lyne        Warren  Motley 

sub-committees 
Appointed  by  the  Executive  Committee 
Education  Health 

Robert  H.  Hallowell  Reginald  Fitz,  M.D. 

Rev.  John  J.  Connolly  Mrs.  Homer  Gage 

Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D.  Mrs.  Henry  Parkman,  Jr. 

MONTHLY    VISITING    COMMITTEE 
Whose  duty  it  is  to  visit  and  inspect  the  Institution  at  least  once  in  each  month 

January    Warren  Motley  June  Roger  Amory 

February  Reginald  Fitz,   M.D.  September  Mrs.  Homer  Gage 

March       Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D.  October       Mrs.    Henry   Parkman,  Jr. 

April         Ralph   Lowell  November  Daniel  J.  Lyne 

May  G.  Peabody  Gardner  December   Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson 

LADIES'  VISITING  COMMITTEE  TO  THE  KINDERGARTEN 

Mrs.  E.  Preble  Motley,  President 

Mrs.  Frederick  J.  Alley,  Secreta/ry 

Miss  Andree  Cassels  Mrs.  Algernon  Coolidge 

Mrs.  Alfred  Kidder,  2d  Miss  Eleanor  S.  Parker 

Honorary  Members 
Mrs.  Larz  Anderson  Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott 

♦  Appointed  by  the  Governor   of  the   Commonwealth. 


OFFICERS   OF   ADMINISTRATION 

DIRECTOR 
GABRIEL   FARRELL,   B.S.,   B.D.,   D.D. 

DIRECTOR-EMERITUS 
EDWARD   E.   ALLEN,   A.B.,   D.Sc. 

OFFICE 
J.  Stephenson  Hemphill,  B.S.,  M.B.A.,  Bursar 
Jean  E.  Harrison  Ethel  L.  Mackenzie 

Secretary  to  the  Director  Bookkeeper 

Verna  L.  Anderson  Alice  E.  Dougher 

Secretary  to  the  Bursar  Assistant 

Mrs.  Helen  C.  Grant  Lily  B.  Howard! 

Secretary  to  the  Principal  Telephone    Operator 

Marian  A.  KNOLLf  Frank  H.  Greene! 

Ediphonist  Assistant 

Mrs.  Olive  W.  Putnam,  Receptionist* 

LIBRARY 

Mary  Esther  Sawyer,  Librarian 

Florence  J.  Worth,  Circulation         Marion  A.  Woodworth,  Reference 

DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH 

Robert  S.  Palmer,  M.D,,  Attending  Physician% 

Dera  Kinsey,  M.D.,  Attending  Physician 

Marjorie  Potter,  R.N.,  Resident  Nurse 

Trygve  Gundersen,  M.D.J  Reinhold  Ruelberg,  D.M.D. 
Hugo  B.  C.  Riemer,  M.D.  Dentist  for  the  Lower  School 

Ophthalmologists  Mark  D.  Elliott,  D.D.S.J 

Herbert  Barry,  Jr.,  M.D.  George  E.  Crowell,  D.D.S. 

Psychiatrist  Dentist  for  the  Upper  School 

Allan  M.  Butler,  M.D.  Frank  R.  Ober,  M.D. 

Pediatricia/n  Orthopedic  Surgeon 

Henry  R,  Viets,  M.D.  Charles  I.  Johnson,  M.D. 

Neurologist  Otologist 

Francis  R.  Dieuaide,  M.D. 
Syphilologist 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PERSONNEL  AND  RESEARCH 
Samuel  P.  Hayes,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Psychologist 

Frances  E.  Marshall  Mrs.  Sina  F.  Waterhouse,  A.B.,  M.A.f 

Home  Visitor  Speech  Correction 

E.  Jane  Smith,  B.S.  M.  Albertina  Eastman,  B.S.f 

Psychometrist  Speech   Correction 

Marjorie  F.  Ritchie,  Secretary 

DEPARTMENT  OF  MAINTENANCE 
Nelson  Coon  Maurice  J.  Carroll 

Buildings  and  Grounds  Chief    Engineer 

*  Employed    part    time.  t  Visually    handicapped.  $  Absent    194S-1946. 

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UPPER   SCHOOL   STAFF 

Allan  W.  Sherman,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Principal 
Elsie  H.  Simonds,  A.B.,  Supervisor  of  Girls 

COLLEGE  PREPARATORY  AND  LITERARY  DEPARTMENTS 

Leroy  Victor  Cleveland,  Th.B.  Bradford  W.  Newcomb,  B.S.f 

John  P.  Egan,  B.S.f  Mrs.  Marion  Newcomb,  A.B.,  M.A. 

Ethel  D.  Evans  Claudla  Potter,  A.B. 

Gertrude  S.  Harlow!  Clara  L.  Pratt 

Genevieve  M.  Haven,  A.B.,  Ed.M.  Orin  A.  Stone,  B.S.,  B.D.,  M.A. 

Armand  J.  Michaud,  A.B.,  M.A.f  Edward  J.  Watbrhouse,  B.A.,  M.A. 

Philip  G.  Worrick,  B.S.  Beatrice  P.  Pinkham,  B.S. 

Physical  Education  Physical  Education 

MUSIC  DEPARTMENT 
John  F.  Hartwell 
Edward  W.  Jenkins,  L.T.C.L.*t       Albert  R.  Raymond,  B.M.,  M.A.*$ 
Mrs.  Marjorie  A.  Carr  Louise  Seymour 

Elizabeth  C.  Hart  Mrs.  Virginla.  B.  Raymond* 

COMMERCIAL  DEPARTMENT 
Mary  H.  Ferguson  Mrs.  Vesta  V.  Coon,  A.B. 

VOCATIONAL  DEPARTMENT  # 

John  B.  Butler 
David  AbrahamJ  Frances  L.  McGaw 

Susan  M.  Brooks  Sharlie  M.  Chandler 

Walter  P.  Carr  Mary  B.  Knowlton* 

Sidney  B.  Durfee*!  Arlene  I.  Ecclbs,  B.S. 

Pianoforte  Tuning  Helen  Dunne,  B.S. 

Home  Economics 

MATRONS  OF  COTTAGES 
Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Keith,  Eliot  Mrs.  Ruth  E.  Geer,  Fisher 

Mrs.  Stella  D.  Jenkins,  Bridgman  Mrs.  Pearl  Gosling,  Brooks 
Miss  Eva  L.  Jordan,  Tompkins  Mrs.  Nellie  E.  H.  Hamill,  May 

Mrs.  Frieda  Jablonske,  Moulton      Miss  Stella  S.  Eldridge,  Oliver 

DEPARTMENT  OF  TEACHER  TRAINING 

Dr.  Edward  E.  Allen 
Lecturer,  Graduate   School  of  Education,  Harvard  University 
Dr.  Gabriel  Farrell  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Hayes 

Lecturer,  Consulting  Psychologist, 

Graduate  School  of  Education      American  Foundation  for  the  Blind 
Harvard  University 

*  Employed  part  time.  f  Visually  handicapped.  t  Absent  1946-1940. 


LOWER   SCHOOL   STAFF 

PRIMARY 
Benjamin  F.  Smith,  A.B.,  M.A.f  Mrs.  Martha  F.  Smith,  A.B. 

Mrs.  Aline  McDowell  Mrs.  Jessie  W.  Mayshark 

Patricia  Vogel  Martha  L.  Winget,  B.F.A.f 


KINDERGARTEN 

Feodore  M.  Nicholls  Susan  E.  Morse 

Dorothy  A.  Bischoff,  A.B.  Florence  W.  Barbour,  A.B. 

Evelyn  Kaufman,  A.B.f  Helena  M.  DRAKEf 

Betty  NyeI 


SPECIAL    TEACHERS 

Eleanor  W.  Thayer,  A.B.,  Music  Paul  L.  Bauguss,*   Music 

Gertrude  D.  Seibert,  B.S.,  Margaret   A.    McKenzie,! 

Recreation  Handicrafts 

Margaret  Miller,!  Librarian 


MATRONS  OF  COTTAGES 
Mrs.  Mary  L.  Hunt,  Potter  Mrs.  Margaret  Luf,  Glover  ^ 

Mrs.  Affie  Plummer,  Assistant         Mrs.  Laura  B.  Eldridge,  Assistant 
Mrs.  Janet  G.  Hancock,  Anagnos     Ethel  M.  Goodwin,  Bradlee 
Gladys  Pothier,!  Assistant  Rose  M.  Saladino,!  Assistant 


DEAF-BLIND  DEPARTMENT 

N.  Maurine  Nilsson,  A.B.,  M.A. 

Mollie  Cambridge,  A.B.f  Mrs.  Mildred  Cambridge 

Rose  M.  DeDominicis,  B.S.  Karl  A.  KiRKMANf 

Madge  Dolph  Leo  F.  QueenanI 

Joseph  E.  Jablonske  Judith  G.  Silvester 
IvA  E.  Comstock 


WORKSHOP  FOR  ADULTS 
Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager  Emily  V.  S.  Ramsay,  Cle7-k 


HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS 
Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager  Mary  L.  Tully,  Clerk 

John  P.  Egan,  B.S.,t  Stereotyper 

*  Employed  part  time.  t  Visually  handicapped. 

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MEMBERS  lOF  THE    CORPORATION 


Allbright,    Clifford,    Weston 

Allen,     Edward    E.,     Cambridge 

Allen,    Mrs.    Edward   E.,    Cambridge 

Allen,    Hon.    Frank    G.,    Boston 

Allen,    Philip   R.,   Walpole 

Allen,   Mrs.   Philip   R.,   Walpole 

Alley,    Mrs.    Frederick    J.,    Boston 

Amory,    Robert,    Boston 

Amory,   Roger,    Boston 

Anderson,   Mrs.    Larz,    Brookline 

Appleton,    Francis    Henry,    Brookline 

Appleton,   Mrs.    Francis    Henry,    Brookline 

Bacon,  Hon.  Caspar  G.,   Dedham 

Ballantine,   Arthur   A.,    New    York 

Bancroft,    Miss    Eleanor    C,    Beverly 

Bartol,   Mrs.    John   W.,   Boston 

Barton,    George    Summer,    Worcester 

Bayne,   Mrs.    William,    3rd,    Westwood 

Beach,   Rev.  David  N.,    New  Haven,   Conn. 

Beatley,    Prof.   Ralph,   Cambridge 

Belash,    Constantine   A.,    Boston 

Belash,    Mrs.    Constantine   A.,    Boston 

Bird,  Miss  Ann,  East  Walpole 

Bird,  Mrs.   Francis   W.,   East  Walpole 

Blake,    Fordyce   T.,   Worcester 

Boardman,   Mrs.   E.   A.,   Boston 

Boyden,    Charles,    Dedham 

Boyden,   Mrs.    Charles,    Dedham 

Brooks,   Mrs.   Arthur  H.,   Cambridge 

Brooks,   Gorham,   Boston 

Brooks,   Lawrence   G.,   West  Medford 

Brooks,  Mrs.   Lawrence   G.,    West  Medford 

Brown,  Mrs.  Charles  R.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

BuUard,  Miss  Ellen  T.,   Boston 

Bullock,    Chandler,    Worcester 

Burr,  I.   Tucker,   Jr.,   Boston 

Cabot,   Mrs.   Thomas   H.,   Peterboro,    N.  H. 

Camp,  Mrs.  Edward  C,  Watertown 

Carter,  Richard  B.,   West  Newton 

Carter,  Mrs.   Richard   B.,    West  Newton 

Case,   Hon.   Norman   S.,    Providence,   R.   I. 

Case,  Mrs.  Norman  S.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Cassels,  Miss  Andree,   Boston 

Chase,   John   P.,   Boston 

Choate,  Robert  B.,   Boston 

Claus,   Henry  T.,    Wilmington,  Del. 

Clifford,   John  H.,   New  Bedford 

Coffin,  Mrs.   Rockwell  A.,   Harwichport 

Connolly,  Rev.   John  J.,  Boston 

Coolidge,  Mrs.   Algernon,  Boston 

Coolidge,    William   A.,    Boston 

Cotting,   Charles   E.,   Boston 

Crapo,  Henry  H.,  New  Bedford 

Crowninshield,    Francis    B.,    Boston 

Cunningham,    Edward,    Dedham 

Cunningham,   Mrs.  Edward,   Jr.,  Dedham 

Curtis,   Charles   P.,  Jr.,   Boston 

Curtis,   James  F.,  Roslyn,  N.  Y. 

Curtis,    Louis,   Boston 

Curtis,  Richard  C,   Boston 

Cutler,  George  C,  Dedham 

Daley,  Mrs.    Francis  J.,   Somerville 

Danielson,    Richard   E.,    Boston 

Danielson,  Mrs.  Richard  E.,  Boston 

Day,   Mrs.    Frank   A.,   Newton 

Denny,  Dr.   George  P.,  Boston 

Dexter,  Miss   Harriett,   Boston 

Dolan,   William  G.,   Boston 

Dowd,  Mrs.   John  F.,  Roxbury 

Draper,    Eben   S.,    Hopedale 

Drury,  Theodore  F.,  Weston 

Dutton,  Mrs.  George  D.,  Walpole 

Eliot,    Amory,    Boston 

Elliott,    Mrs.   Maud   Howe,   Newport,   R.   I. 

Emmons,  Mrs.   Robert  W.,   Boston 

Endicott,    Henry,    Boston 


Farrell,   Gabriel,   Watertown 

Farrell,    Mrs.    Gabriel,    Watertown 

Faxon,   Henry  H.,   M.D.,   Brookline 

Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B.,   Boston 

Fay,   Mrs.   Henry   H.,    Boston 

Fenno,  Mrs.  L.   C,   Boston 

Fitz,    Reginald,    M.D.,    Brookline 

Ford,  Lawrence  A.,  Beverly 

Foster,    Mrs.    Reginald,    Boston 

Fox,   Miss    Edith  M.,    Arlington 

French,  Miss  M.   Eunice,   Providence,  R.   I. 

Frothingham,   Mrs.  L.   A.,   North   Easton 

Fuller,    George  F.,    Worcester 

Gage,  Mrs.  Homer,   Vv^orcester 

Gage,   Miss  Mabel  C,  Worcester 

Gale,   Lyman   W.,   Boston 

Gardiner,   John   H.,    Brookline 

Gardner,   G.   Peabody,   Brookline 

Gaskill,   George  A.,   Worcester 

Gaskins,    Frederick  A.,   Milton 

Gaylord,   Emerson  C,   Chicopee 

Gilbert,   Carl  J.,   Needham 

Gilbert,   William   E.,    Springfield 

Gleason,   Mrs.  Cora  L.,   Rutland,  Vt. 

Gleason,   Miss    Ellen   H.,    Jamaica   Plain 

Gray,   Francis   C,   Boston 

Gray,  Roland,   Boston 

Greenough,    Mrs.    Henry   V.,    Brookline 

Greenough,  Malcolm   W.,   Boston 

Griswold,  Merrill,    Boston 

Gundersen,  Dr.   Trygve,   Brookline 

Gundersen,    Mrs.    Trygve.    Brookline 

Hall,  Miss  Minna  B.,  Brookline 

Hallowell,    Richard   P.,   2d,    Boston 

Hallowell,    Robert   H.,   Dedham 

Hallowell,  Mrs.  Robert  H.,   Dedham 

Hallowell,   Robert  H.,   Jr.,   Dover 

Hallowell,   Mrs.    Robert   H.,   Jr.,    Dover 

Harris,   Rev.   John   U.,   Chestnut  Hill 

Hayden,    J.    Willard,    Lexington 

Hayden,  Mrs.  J.  Willard,   Lexington 

Hemenway,   Mrs.   Augustus,   Milton 

Herter,   Christian   A.,   Boston 

Higginson,    Francis    L.,    Boston 

Hill,  Alfred  S.,   Somerville 

Hill,   Arthur  D.,   Boston 

Hinds,  Mrs.  E.   S.,   Boston 

Holmes,   Dr.   Henry  W.,   Cambridge 

Howard,  Mrs.  Henry  S.,  Jr.,  Newport,  R.  L 

Howe,  James    C,   Boston 

Hubbard,    Mrs.    Charles    W.,    3rd,    Brookline 

Humbert,  Miss  W.  R.,  Boston 

Hunnewell,    Walter,    Boston 

Hunt,  James   R.,  Jr.,   Boston 

lasigi.  Miss  Marie  V.,  Boston 

Jackson,   Charles,   Jr.,   Boston 

Jackson,  Mrs.  James,  Westwood 

Jeffries,   J.   Amory,    Boston 

Johnson,    Arthur    S.,    Boston 

Kidder,   Mrs.   Alfred,    2d,   Cambridge 

Kidder,   Mrs.   Henry   P.,  Meadville,    Penn. 

King,  Mrs.  James  G.,   Cambridge 

King,    Mrs.    Tarrant   P.,   Boston 

Lamb,   Mrs.   Horatio   A.,    Boston 

Lamb,   Miss   Rosamond,   Boston 

Latimer,   Mrs.   G.   D.,   Brookline 

Lawrence,    Mrs.   A.   A.,    Brookline 

Lawrence,   Rev.   Frederic  C,    Brookline 

Lavrrence,  John  S.,  Boston 

Lawrence,    Rt.   Rev.   W.   Appleton,   Springfield 

Leavitt,  Rev.  Ashley  D.,   Brookline 

Ley,   Harold  A.,   New    York 

Lincoln,  Mrs.   George  C,   Woodstock,  Conn. 

Lothrop,   Miss   Mary   B.,   Boston 

Lovering,    Richard    S.,    Hoffman,    N.    C. 

Lovett,  Miss  Eleanor  H.,  New  London,  N.  H. 


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MEMBERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION   (Cont.) 


Lowell,   James   H.,    Boston 

Lowell,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston 

Lowell,   Kalph,   Boston 

Luce,  Hon.  Robert,  Waltham 

Lyman,  Mrs.   Arthur  T.,   Westwood 

Lyman,   Mrs.   Ronald   T.,    Boston 

Lyne,    Daniel  J.,   Chestnut   Hill 

MacPhie,  Mrs.   Elmore  I.,  West  Newton 

Maliotis,    Charles,    Boston 

Mason,    Mrs.    Andrew,    Brookline 

Mason,   Charles  E.,  Jr.,   Boston 

Mason,    Charles    F.,    Framingham 

Mayo-Smith,    Richmond,    Dedham 

McElwain,  R.    Franklin,   Holyoke 

Merrill,   Rev.   Boynton,   Columbus,  Ohio 

Merriman,  Mrs.  E.   Bruce,   Providence,  R.  I. 

Merriman,   Mrs.   Roger  B.,   Cambridge 

Minot,    James   J.,   Boston 

Monks,   Rev.  G.  Gardner,   Lenox 

Montagu,   Mrs.  H.   B.,  England 

Morison,    Samuel    Eliot,    Cambridge 

Motley,   Edward,   Concord 

Motley,  Mrs.   E.   Preble,   Boston 

Motley,    Warren,    Boston 

Myers,  Mrs.   John   W.,    Boston 

Osgood,    Phillips    E.,   Winter   Park,    Fla. 

Parker,  Miss  Eleanor  S.,  Boston 

Parker,   William   A.,   Boston 

Parker,   W.   Stanley,    Boston 

Parkman,    Henry,    Boston 

Parkman,  Mrs.   Henry,   Boston 

Partridge,   Fred   F.,   Holyoke 

Peabody,    Harold,    Boston 

Perkins,  Mrs.  Charles  B.,  Jamaica  Plain 

Perkins,   Rev.   Palfrey,   Boston 

Pool,   Mrs.   E.  A.,  New  York  City 

Pratt,    George  D.,   Springfield 

Proctor,   James   H.,   Boston 

Prouty,  Robert  M.,   Hingham 

Prouty,  Mrs.  Robert  M.,  Hingham 

Putnam,  Mrs.  Eliot  T.,  Jr.,   Dedham 

Putnam,  Mrs.  George  T.,   Dedham 

Rantoul,    Neal,    Boston 

Rice,   John   C,   Boston 

Richards,  Henry  H.,  Groton 

Richards,   John,  Concord,   N.  H. 

Richardson,    John,    Milton 

Richardson,   Mrs.   John,    Milton 

Robinson,   George  P.,  Watertown 

Rogers,   Mrs.   Robert  E.,  Cambridge 


Rogerson,  Francis  C,  Boston 

Saltonstall,   Hon.   Leverett,   Chestnut   Hill 

Saltonstall,   Mrs.   Leverett,  Chestnut  Hill 

Sargent,   Miss   Alice,   Brookline 

Sears,    Seth,    Brewster 

Shattuck,    Henry   L.,    Boston 

Shaw,   Mrs.   Carleton  A.,  Groton 

Eherrill,   Rt.   Rev.    Henry   K.,    Boston 

Sims,   Mrs.    WiUiam   S.,   Boston 

Slater,   Mrs.    H.   N.,    New   York 

Snow,   Mrs.   William   G.,    Newton   Centre 

Stafford,    Rev.    Russell   H.,    Hartford,    Conn. 

Stinbon,   Mrs.    Jamea   Worcester 

Sturgis,   R.  Clipston,   Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Sturgis,    S.    Warren,   Boston 

Sullivan,   Mrs.   James  A.,   Boston 

S^vinerton,  Miss   Lenna  D.,    Worcester,   Mass, 

Thayer,   John    E.,    Milton 

Theopold,   Philip  H.,   Dedham 

Thomas,  Mrs.  John  B.,  Boston 

Thorndike,    Albert,    Milton 

Thorndike,   Benjamin  A.   G.,   Dedham 

Thorndike,  Miss  Rosanna  D.,   Boston 

Tifft,  Eliphalet  T.,   Springfield 

Tilden,   Miss  Alice  F.,   Boston 

Tilden,   Miss   Edith   S.,   Boston 

Todd,   Francis   B.,   New  York 

Tufts,    John    F.,    Watertown 

Underwood,    Herbert    S.,    Winchester 

Van  Norden,  Mrs.  Grace  C,   Pittsfield 

Vaughan,  Miss   Bertha  H.,    Cambridge 

Vaughan,  Miss  Margaret  I.,  Haddonfield,  N.  J. 

Wadsworth,    Eliot,    Boston 

Warren,    Bentley   W.,   Boston 

Washburn,   Mrs.   Frederick  A.,   Boston 

Washburn,   Rev.  Henry  B.,   Cambridge 

Watson,  Mrs.   Thomas   A.,    Boston 

Wendell,  William  G.,  West  Hartford,  Conn. 

Wheelock,   Miss    Lucy,    Boston 

White,   Miss   Eliza  Orne,    Brookline 

Whittall,    Matthew   P.,    Worcester 

Wiggins,   Mrs.    Charles,   2d,   Dedham 

Wiggins,   Mrs.   John,   Pomfret,   Conn. 

Wiggins,    John,    Pomfret,   Conn. 

Wilder,   Charles   P.,   Worcester 

Wolcott,   Roger,    Boston 

Wright,   George  R.,  Cambridge 

Wright,    Miss   Lucy,   Boston 

Young,   B.    Loring,    Weston 

Zeilinski,  John,    Holyoke 


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SYNOPSIS   OF   THE    PROCEEDINGS    OF    THE    ANNUAL 
MEETING   OF   THE   CORPORATION 


Watertown,  November  5,  1945. 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation,  duly  summoned,  was 
held  today  at  the  Institution,  and  was  called  to  order  by  the  Presi- 
dent, Mr.  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  at  3  P.  M. 

The  Proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  annual  reports  of  the  Trustees  and  the  Director  were 
accepted  and  ordered  to  be  printed,  with  the  addition  of  other 
matters  of  general  interest  to  the  work. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  was  presented,  accepted  and 
ordered  to  be  printed,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  Certified 
Public  Accountant. 

Voted,  That  acts  and  expenditures,  made  and  authorized  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  or  by  any  committee  appointed  by  said 
Board  of  Trustees,  during  the  last  corporate  year,  be  and  are  hereby 
ratified  and  confirmed. 

On  the  nomination  of  the  Finance  Committee,  the  appoint- 
ment by  the  Trustees  of  John  Montgomery,  Certified  Public  Ac- 
countant, as  auditor  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institution  was  con- 
firmed. 

The  President  read  a  letter  from  Mr.  Roger  Amory  requesting 
that  he  be  not  nominated  for  the  ofiice  of  Treasurer  and  presented 
the  follov/ing  resolution: 

WHEREAS,  Mr.  Roger  Amory  has  requested  that  he  be  not 
re-elected  as  Treasurer  of  the  Perkins  Institution, 

BE  IT  RESOLVED  that  the  Corporation  of  Perkins  Insti- 
tution and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  assembled  for 
its  annual  meeting  on  November  5,  1945,  accedes  to  Mr. 
Amory's  request  with  deep  regret. 

For  ten  extremely  difiicult  years  he  has  managed  our  finances 
and  investments  with  skill  and  devotion  to  which  our  strong 
financial  statement  bears  ample  testimony.  He  has  given  of  his 
time  unstintingly,  not  only  for  the  matters  for  which  he  was 
directly  responsible  as  Treasurer,  but  also  for  the  general 
welfare  of  the  School. 

For  his  years  of  service  we  are  deeply  grateful,  and  in  the 
years  to  come,  we  trust  we  may  have  the  benefit  of  his  wise 
counsel  and  advice. 

BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED  that  a  copy  of  this  resolution 
be  spread  upon  the  minutes  of  this  meeting  and  a  copy  pre- 
sented to  Mr.  Amory. 

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The  Corporation  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  for 
the  ensuing  year,  and  the  following  persons  were  unanimously 
elected  by  ballot:  President,  Robert  H.  Hallowell;  Vice-President, 
G.  Peabody  Gardner;  Treasurer,  John  P.  Chase;  Secretary,  Gabriel 
Farrell;  Trustees,  Roger  Amory,  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson,  Dr. 
Reginald  Fitz,  Mrs.  Homer  Gage,  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  Henry  W. 
Holmes,  Ralph  Lowell,  and  Warren  Motley. 

The  following  were  elected  members  of  the  Corporation :  David 
Cheever,  Jr.,  Roger  Pierce. 

The  Director  briefly  reviewed  the  year  pointing  out  some  of 
the  difficulties  brought  about  by  the  war  and  stated  that  the  work 
of  the  school  was  able  to  continue  without  abatement  and  the  con- 
dition of  the  plant  was  adequately  kept  up.  He  spoke  of  the  fact 
that  children  are  coming  from  different  parts  of  the  country,  and 
that  correspondence  reaches  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  He  referred 
to  some  of  the  improvements  and  changes  in  the  Upper  School  and 
after  adjournment  members  were  taken  about  and  shown  the 
changes  in  the  Main  Building. 

The  meeting  was  then  dissolved. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
GABRIEL   FARRELL,   Secretary. 


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REPORT  OF   THE  TRUSTEES 

November  5,  1945 

ON  BEHALF  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  I  submit  a  brief  report 
for  the  year  1945. 

The  end  of  the  war  finds  the  school  in  a  very  satisfactory  con- 
dition, although  the  enrollment  is  below  the  normal  of  pre-war 
years.  This  is  partially  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  several 
pupils  in  the  upper  grades,  motivated  by  a  desire  to  contribute 
their  bit  to  the  war  effort,  and  also  by  the  lure  of  high  wages,  left 
school  to  enter  industry.  Now  that  the  emergency  is  over  we  hope 
at  least  some  of  them  will  return  to  complete  their  education,  but 
this  is  doubtful  as  many  are  still  in  industry  obtaining  very  satis- 
factory wages,  thus  again  proving  that  visually  handicapped  people 
can,  in  certain  occupations,  successfully  compete  with  their  sighted 
fellow  men. 

Perkins  Institution,  because  of  the  nature  of  its  pupils  and 
the  comparatively  small  number  of  men  on  the  teaching  staff,  has 
probably  not  sent  as  many  persons  into  the  armed  services  as  other 
schools  of  its  size.  The  number,  however,  is  sufficient  to  be  recorded 
now  that  the  war  is  over.  Perkins  can  well  feel  proud  of  the  con- 
tribution made  by  staff  members  to  the  war  effort. 

One  former  pupil,  Walter  Brzoza,  was  accepted  for  the  Army 
and  had  Military  Police  duty  in  Oklahoma  and  Texas.  This  young 
man  had  considerable  sight  which  improved  greatly  after  leaving 
school. 

Members  of  the  medical  staff  made  up  the  largest  contingent 
entering  the  armed  forces.  Dr.  Robert  S.  Palmer,  school  physician, 
served  in  the  Navy  in  France  and  this  country  and  attained  the 
rank  of  Commander.  The  ophthalmologist,  now  Major  Trygve 
Gundersen,  served  in  the  Army  Medical  Corps  in  North  Africa 
and  the  European  Theater,  and  upon  return  to  this  country  was 
given  charge  of  the  Army  Program  for  the  Blinded  with  head- 
quarters in  Washington.  The  dentist  of  the  Lower  School,  Major 
Mark  D.  Elliott,  entered  the  Army  Air  Corps  and  is  serving  at 
Stout  Field,  Indiana.  In  March  of  this  year  the  school  nurse,  Mira 
J.  Clark,  went  to  Fort  Devens  to  receive  training  in  the  Army 
Nurse  Corps  and  now  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant,  is  serving  at 
an  Army  General  Hospital  in  Calcutta,  India. 

Three  members  of  the  trustees  have  had  active  service  over- 
seas. Dr.  Henry  H.  Faxon  went  to  Italy  with  the  Sixth  General 
Hospital  and  has  been  invalided  home  because  of  illness  caused 
while  in  service.  John  P.  Chase  served  overseas  with  the  Army 
Air  and  Ground  Forces  as  Associate  Administrative  Director  of 
the  American  British  Laboratory,  the  Radar  Counter  Measure 
Division  in  the  European  Theater  of  Occupation  of  the  Office  of 
Scientific  Research  and  Development.  Rosanna  D.  Thorndike  was 
in  France  when  the  war  began  and  was  interned  for  several  months 

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at  Baden-Baden.  She  returned  to  this  country  after  the  liberation 
of  France,  then  accepted  appointment  as  a  Red  Cross  worker  and 
returned  to  that  country.  She  is  now  attached  to  the  American 
Legation  in  Paris. 

The  largest  contribution  of  staff  members  was  to  the  American 
Red  Cross.  Alysan  C.  Hooper,  secretary  to  the  Director,  has  recently 
returned  from  Army  hospital  service  in  England  and  Germany. 
C.  Jane  Lawrence,  Manual  Training  teacher,  is  still  in  the  Euro- 
pean Theater.  Alice  R.  Cornelison,  Upper  School  teacher,  is  serv- 
ing in  the  Red  Cross  headquarters  at  the  Old  Farms  Convalescent 
Hospital,  the  center  for  blinded  soldiers.  Doris  E.  Welsh,  of  the 
Manual  Training  Department,  has  served  through  the  war  at  the 
hospital  at  Camp  Edwards.  Ruth  E.  Marsden  of  the  Bookkeeping 
Office  entered  the  Red  Cross  last  spring  and  is  at  the  St.  Alban's 
Naval  Hospital  on  Long  Island,  New  York. 

Naomi  Johnson,  formerly  secretary  to  the  Bursar,  is  a  Lieu- 
tenant (j.g.)  in  the  WAVES  and  is  now  stationed  at  Fargo 
Barracks  in  Boston.  Harry  Burke,  teacher  in  the  Deaf-Blind 
Department,  entered  the  Army  early  in  the  war  and  became  a 
Lieutenant  in  the  Army  Air  Corps.  Axel  Borg,  a  Perkins  gradu- 
ate, and  Douglas  C.  Cook,  both  teachers  in  the  Manual  Training 
Department,  resigned  to  engage  in  important  war  work.  Edward 
J.  Waterhouse,  teacher  of  mathematics,  was  granted  a  leave  of 
absence  to  work  for  the  General  Electric  Company  where  he  was  in 
charge  of  the  mathematical  computations  for  the  jet  propulsion 
plane  and  other  important  and  secret  work.  He  returned  to  the 
Perkins  staff  in  September. 

Four  members  of  the  Workshop  and  Howe  Memorial  Press 
staff  served  in  the  Army.  Robert  B.  MacDonald,  shipper  in  the 
salesroom,  became  a  Staff  Sergeant  and  served  in  the  European 
Theater  as  an  assistant  to  the  Battalion  Surgeon  and  was  awarded 
four  battle  stars.  Ernest  T.  Crawford,  truck  driver,  served  two 
years  in  Europe  as  a  Sergeant  in  the  Quartermaster  Mobile  Refrig- 
erator Company.  William  E.  Wyckoff,  stereotypist  and  printer 
at  the  Press,  served  in  the  European  Theater  as  a  Corporal  in  the 
Infantry  and  was  awarded  four  battle  stars.  Francis  L.  Wyckoff, 
janitor  at  the  Workshop,  served  in  New  Guinea  for  fifteen  months 
and  later  in  Luzon  as  a  Corporal  in  the  Engineer  Corps. 

No  major  improvements  have  been  undertaken  during  the  war 
years  but  enough  has  been  done  to  keep  our  buildings  in  excellent 
condition  and  the  grounds  have  never  been  more  beautiful  than 
they  are  at  this  writing. 

We  regret  to  report  the  death  of  the  following  members  of 
the  Corporation:  Mr.  Edward  W.  Grew,  Rev.  Endicott  Peabody, 
and  Rev.  Christopher  R.  Eliot. 

Respectfully  submitted  for  the  Trustees, 

ROBERT  H.  HALLOWELL, 

President. 

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REPORT   OF   THE   DIRECTOR 

November  5,  1945 

A  REPORT  covering  the  year  closing  August  31  is  written  with 
difficulty.  Coming  so  soon  after  the  close  of  the  war,  it  is 
hard  to  turn  our  thoughts  to  the  past.  One  is  lured  to  look  ahead 
into  the  brave,  new  world  promised  with  the  coming  of  the  peace. 
What  does  this  new  era  hold  for  the  field  of  the  blind?  What  has 
radar  to  contribute  to  the  sightless  in  helping  them  find  their  way 
about?  What  will  be  the  influence  of  the  several  hundred  men 
who,  through  the  war,  have  joined  the  community  of  those  who 
live  in  a  darkened  world?  What,  in  the  process  of  reconversion  of 
industry,  will  happen  to  the  many  men  and  women  who  have  con- 
tributed so  effectively  to  the  war  effort  through  their  skills  and 
abilities?  These  are  questions  which  are  pressing  upon  us,  but 
we  cannot  give  answer  to  them  now  as  we  must  fix  our  thoughts 
on  the  year  which  has  closed  and  make  the  formal  report  that  is 
required. 

Our  last  annual  report  began  with  the  statement  that  it  had 
been  a  year  of  indecision.  At  the  outset  of  this  year,  we  deter- 
mined to  make  it  more  decisive.  War  conditions  had  crystallized, 
and  while  we  labored  under  restrictions,  there  were  many  ways  in 
which  our  program  could  be  vitalized.  As  we  look  back,  we  can 
see  the  fruits  of  this  determination.  The  year  now  closed  was, 
considering  the  conditions  which  prevailed,  as  successful  as  we 
could  expect.  Plans  and  programs  proceeded  satisfactorily.  The 
morale  of  the  staff  and  pupils  was  better  than  the  year  before. 

Month  by  Month  Events 
In  order  to  make  this  year  more  decisive  we  decided  to  revive 
many  of  the  activities  which  had  been  curtailed  because  of  war 
conditions  and  which  had  in  the  past  contributed  so  much  to  the 
spirit  and  tradition  of  Perkins.  Perhaps  the  best  way  to  show 
the  influence  of  these  forces  is  to  outline,  month  by  month,  some 
of  the  events  which  play  an  important  part  in  the  school  program. 

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In  many  ways,  these  are  over  and  above  the  usual  routine  academic 
requirements  but  they  are  factors  in  bringing  cohesion  to  the 
school  and  in  strengthening  the  morale  of  its  members. 

September — the  new  school  year  at  Perkins  begins  the  day 
after  Labor  Day  when  the  matrons  assemble  the  domestic  forces 
and  prepare  the  cottages  for  the  arrival  of  teachers  and  pupils. 
The  school  staff  returned  this  year  on  Monday,  September  11.  On 
that  evening,  the  annual  opening  meeting  gave  the  Director  oppor- 
tunity to  outline  plans  for  the  new  year  and  to  introduce  the  new 
members  of  the  staff.  The  following  day  the  pupils  came  back. 
Members  of  the  staff  met  them  at  the  trains,  received  them  in  the 
cottages,  and  helped  them  get  settled.  In  between  were  teachers' 
meetings  for  the  assignment  of  schedules.  School  really  started 
on  Wednesday  morning  with  chapel  exercises  and  the  beginning 
of  classes. 

An  event  outside  of  the  school,  but  of  interest  to  Perkins,  was 
the  annual  convention  of  Home  Teachers  of  the  Blind  of  the 
Eastern  Area  held  at  the  Hotel  Lenox  in  Boston,  September  12 — 15. 
Miss  Ethel  I.  Parker,  Massachusetts  Home  Teacher  and  former 
pupil  of  Perkins,  was  chairman  of  the  committee  which  planned 
the  program.  At  the  banquet,  scheduled  for  Thursday,  Septem- 
ber 14,  a  tribute  was  paid  to  Dr.  Edward  E.  Allen,  Perkins' 
Director  Emeritus.  This  event  was  somewhat  disrupted  because 
it  fell  on  the  evening  that  the  hurricane  reached  Boston,  so  that 
many  people  who  planned  to  attend  were  unable  to  do  so,  and 
others  who  did  arrive  had  to  leave  for  home  while  they  could  secure 
transportation. 

Liberty  Ships 
The  hurricane  did  not  do  so  much  harm  at  the  school  as  the 
former  one,  but  there  was  some  damage  to  trees  and  windows.  It 
did  interfere  somewhat  with  another  event  of  outside  interest — 
the  launching  of  a  Liberty  Ship  at  South  Portland,  Maine,  named 
Michael  Anagnos  after  the  second  director,  and  scheduled  for  the 
morning  of  September  15.  The  present  director  had  planned  to 
leave  early  that  morning  to  attend  the  launching,  but  he  was  not 
able  to  do  so.  He  did,  however,  go  to  Portland  later  in  the  day  and 
made  the  principal  address  at  the  banquet  held  on  that  evening. 
This  honor  to  the  second  director  of  Perkins  was  in  recognition 
of  war  bond  sales  by  the  Greek  Division.     The  new  ship  was  pre- 

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sented  to  the  Greek  government  and  with  a  Greek  crew  was  assigned 
to  carry  supplies  to  that  country.  Three  other  Liberty  Ships  have 
names  associated  with  Perkins.  The  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  named 
for  the  first  director;  the  Julia  Ward  Howe,  in  honor  of  the  wife 
of  Dr.  Howe  and  author  of  "The  Battle  Hymn  of  the  Republic"; 
and  the  Laura  Bridgman,  in  recognition  of  the  first  deaf-blind 
mute  ever  to  be  taught  the  use  of  language  and  who  came  to 
Perkins  in  1837  and  lived  there  most  of  her  life. 

Award  of  Merit 

October — over  the  weekend  of  October  7,  the  Catholic  boys 
went  to  a  Retreat  at  Campion  Hall  in  Andover,  and  the  girls 
attended  a  similar  program  at  the  Cenacle  in  Brighton.  Both  of 
these  Retreats  were  arranged  by  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind. 
The  girls  had  their  first  field  meet  on  October  25  resulting  in 
victory  for  Brooks  Cottage.  On  October  30,  the  Community  Red 
Feather  Rally  was  held  in  Dwight  Hall  marking  the  opening  of  the 
Community  Fund  Drive.  To  stir  local  interest  in  this  activity, 
Sergeant  Robbins,  a  veteran  of  the  Army  recently  returned  from 
foreign  service,  spoke  in  Chapel.  Perkins'  interest  in  the  Com- 
munity Fund  this  year  was  accentuated  by  the  fact  that  Mr. 
Hemphill,  the  bursar,  was  chairman  of  the  Watertown  Committee. 
Under  his  able  planning  and  direction,  the  town's  contribution 
exceeded  that  of  last  year  and  the  town  raised  129  per  cent  of  its 
quota.  Perkins,  under  the  able  leadership  of  Miss  McGaw,  in- 
creased its  contribution  over  last  year  with  a  total  of  $1,130.59 
and  practically  one  hundred  per  cent  participation  on  the  part  of 
both  the  staff  and  pupils.  Perkins  was  one  of  the  two  groups  in 
Watertown  to  receive  the  Award  of  Merit. 

November — this  month  might  well  be  dedicated  to  the  Howe 
family.  On  the  seventh,  as  in  past  years,  the  birthday  of  Michael 
Anagnos,  the  founder  of  the  kindergarten  and  second  director,  was 
observed  with  an  interesting  program  planned  by  Miss  Morse,  a 
teacher  in  the  Lower  School.  The  Howe  Memorial  Exercises,  in 
memory  of  the  first  director,  were  held  on  his  birthday,  the  tenth, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Howe  Memorial  Club  with  Francis 
Cordeau,  president  of  the  club,  pi-esiding.  The  chief  speaker  this 
year  was  Henry  H.  Richards,  grandson  of  the  first  director.  He 
gave  an  account  of  the  many  members  of  the  Howe  family. 

Between  these  two  anniversaries  was  the  observance  at  New- 

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port  of  the  ninetieth  birthday  of  Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott,  the  only 
surviving  child  of  Samuel  Gridley  and  Julia  Ward  Howe.  This 
was  in  the  form  of  a  reception  in  her  honor  at  the  Art  Association 
in  Newport.  The  Director  attended  the  reception,  presenting 
Mrs.  Elliott  with  a  booklet  of  letters  written  in  braille  by  the 
pupils  of  the  Upper  School  and,  also,  resolutions  adopted  at  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Perkins'  Corporation  of  which  Mrs.  Elliott 
is  now  the  oldest  surviving  member.  Mrs.  Elliott  is  in  remarkable 
health  for  her  age  although  later  in  the  year  she  wrote  that  her 
eyes  were  going  back  on  her  and  that  she  had  heard  of  a  "wondrous 
contraption"  which  read  to  the  blind.  No  time  was  lost  in  taking 
to  Mrs.  Elliott  a  Talking  Book  which  she  is  greatly  enjoying.  At 
the  time  of  her  reception,  she  was  assured  that  her  most  recent 
book,  "This  Is  My  Newport,"  would  be  embossed  in  braille  by  the 
Howe  Memorial  Press  for  the  benefit  of  her  blind  friends  through- 
out the  country. 

Other  November  events  were  the  Boys'  Banquet,  revived  from 
pre-war  years,  when  on  the  ninth  the  victory  of  the  Blues  in  the 
Fall  Football  Contest  was  celebrated  in  Bridgman  Cottage,  and  on 
the  twenty-seventh  a  Square  Dance  was  enjoyed  by  the  staff  with 
an  orchestra  leader  from  the  Wayside  Inn. 

Perkins  Legislators 

Mention  may  well  be  made  of  the  fact  that  in  the  November 
election,  James  E.  Hannon,  Perkins  '39,  and  graduate  of  Boston 
University  School  of  Law,  was  elected  to  the  Massachusetts  House 
of  Representatives.  Richard  L.  Hull,  who  attended  Perkins  for 
ten  years  and  then  went  to  the  Rockport  High  School  and  later  was 
graduated  from  Clarke  University,  is  also  a  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts House,  being  elected  in  1942.  William  E.  Powers,  Perkins 
'32,  and  graduate  of  Boston  University  School  of  Law,  is  a  member 
of  the  Rhode  Island  Legislature  and  since  1938,  has  been  Judge  of 
Probate  for  Cumberland  County. 

December — interest  in  this  month  centered  largely  about  the 
Christmas  activities.  Other  events,  however,  were  the  investiture 
of  new  members  of  the  Girl  Scouts  on  the  seventh,  and  a  very 
spirited  Auction  Sale  by  the  pupils  for  the  benefit  of  the  Com- 
munity Fund  on  the  eighth.  On  the  fourteenth,  the  American 
Guild  of  Organists  held  its  Annual  Meeting  at  Perkins  with  a 
program  presented  by  the  pupils  and  a  talk  by  the  Director.    The 

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Christmas  Concerts  were  all  held  at  Perkins  this  year.  Due  to  a 
conflicting  date,  it  was  impossible  to  engage  Jordan  Hall  in  Boston 
where  a  concert  has  been  given  annually  for  nearly  thirty  years. 
This  situation,  however,  provided  an  opportunity  to  try  out  the 
idea  of  having  all  concerts  at  the  school  where  more  and  more 
people  seem  to  want  to  come.  Attendance  taxing  the  capacity  of 
our  auditorium  at  the  concerts  held  on  Friday  evening,  the  fifteenth, 
Sunday  afternoon,  the  seventeenth,  and  Tuesday  evening,  the  nin- 
teenth,  showed  that  this  plan  was  successful.  In  all  three  concerts, 
the  same  program  was  presented  by  the  choirs  of  the  Upper  and 
Lower  Schools.  The  Christmas  Parties  in  all  of  the  cottages  were 
held  on  Monday  evening,  the  eighteenth.  At  Chapel,  for  the  ten 
days  prior  to  the  closing  of  school  on  the  ninteenth,  there  were 
programs  of  Christmas  Carols  and  the  Wheelwright  bells  in  the 
tower  played  Christmas  tunes  each  morning.  Dr.  Allen,  Director 
Emeritus,  spoke  to  the  members  of  the  Lower  School  at  Chapel  on 
the  thirteenth  and  to  the  combined  schools  on  the  eighteenth. 

Sixth  War  Loan 

January — staff  and  pupils  returned  on  the  third,  and  the 
Winter  Term  began  the  following  day.  At  Chapel  Exercises  on 
the  ninth  Mr.  Sherman  told  of  the  war-bond  citation  which  had 
been  awarded  to  Perkins  because  of  its  contribution  toward  the 
Sixth  War  Loan.  Under  the  able  leadership  of  Mrs.  Putnam,  one 
hundred  per  cent  participation  in  the  drive  was  achieved  with  total 
sales  amounting  to  $2,210.  On  the  tenth,  Camille  Girouard,  bari- 
tone, gave  a  recital  in  Dwight  Hall  accompanied  by  his  wife.  On 
the  fifteenth.  Dr.  Robert  Ulich,  of  the  Graduate  School  of  Educa- 
tion at  Harvard,  addressed  a  Staff  Meeting,  giving  a  valuable 
talk  on  the  educational  trends  in  this  country.  Chapel  speakers 
during  the  month  were  Mrs.  Ross  Thomas,  formerly  of  the  school 
for  the  blind  in  Dadar,  India,  on  the  eighth;  Mrs.  Winifred  Hatha- 
way, of  the  National  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Blindness,  who 
spoke  on  the  thirteenth;  and  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Hayes,  Jr.,  of  the 
Federal  Economic  Administration,  who  told  of  his  experiences  in 
England  during  robot  bombing  and  upon  entering  France  shortly 
after  D-Day,  on  the  twentieth. 

February — on  the  evening  of  the  first  day,  the  recital  of 
advanced  music  pupils  was  held,  followed  later  by  the  beginners' 
group.     These  recitals,  attended   by  members  of  the  school  and 

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outsiders,  give  music  pupils  training  in  appearing  before  public 
audiences.  On  the  third,  the  boys  had  a  very  successful  dance,  and 
on  the  fifteenth,  the  staff  had  its  mid-winter  party  which  was  in 
the  form  of  a  Gay  Nineties  affair  with  all  attending  appearing  in 
appropriate  costumes.  Lincoln's  birthday  was  marked  by  the  dis- 
tribution of  the  Blaisdell  Dollar  to  each  pupil  in  the  school.  Under 
the  will  of  Stephen  J.  Blaisdell,  a  graduate  of  Perkins,  the  Trustees 
"are  to  pay  to  each  pupil  .  .  .  the  sum  of  one  dollar  on  or  before  the 
twelfth  day  of  February  of  each  year,  the  birthday  of  Abraham 
Lincoln."  The  gift  this  year  was  made  more  tangible  because  a 
silver  dollar  was  given  to  each  pupil.  The  annual  public  demon- 
stration held  before  the  war  on  Washington's  birthday  was  again 
omitted  because  of  restrictions  placed  upon  public  assemblies  and 
travel.  The  last  week  of  February  was  designated  "Posture  Week" 
with  a  program  emphasizing  the  need  of  poise  and  posture.  ^. 
mass  meeting  started  the  week,  and  a  careful  check  was  made 
throughout  the  period  with  prizes  awarded  to  the  pupils  with  the 
best  records. 

Dogs,  Dancing,  Docks 

March — on  the  first  evening,  Edward  W.  Jenkins,  graduate  of 
Perkins,  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music,  The  School  of 
Music  at  Fontainbleau,  France,  and  a  licentiate  of  Trinity  College, 
England,  presented  an  organ  program  assisted  by  Mrs.  Jenkins 
and  Bradford  W.  Newcomb,  baritone  and  teacher  of  English  at 
Perkins.  On  the  following  afternoon,  Morris  Frank,  of  The  Seeing 
Eye,  Inc.,  addressed  the  staff,  telling  of  the  program  for  dog 
guides  in  this  country.  The  girls  held  their  Annual  Competitive 
Dancing  Meet  on  the  afternoon  of  the  seventh  with  points  being 
awarded  to  individuals  and  credited  to  their  cottages  toward  the 
annual  score  for  athletic  achievement.  At  Chapel  on  the  mornings 
of  the  seventh  and  eighth,  Mrs.  J.  Stephenson  Hemphill  told  of 
her  experiences  as  a  Red  Cross  Worker  on  the  docks  where  soldiers 
were  being  shipped  overseas.  The  faculty  held  an  amateur  show 
on  the  evening  of  the  ninth  revealing,  to  the  delight  of  the  pupils, 
some  unsuspected  interests  and  talents.  Money  received  for  admis- 
sion supplemented  the  contributions  of  the  staff  and  pupils  toward 
the  Red  Cross  Drive  conducted  this  year  by  Miss  DeDominicis.  On 
the  seventeenth,  the  girls  of  the  Upper  School  had  a  very  successful 
dance  with  male  guests  invited  from  outside.  On  the  twenty- 
second,  school  closed  for  the  annual  spring  vacation. 

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April — school  reopened  for  the  Spring  Term  on  the  third.  All 
at  Perkins  were  shocked  by  the  sudden  death  of  President  Roose- 
velt. At  Chapel  Exercises  on  the  thirteenth  a  service  in  his  memory 
was  conducted  by  the  Director.  At  the  staff  meeting  on  the  twenty- 
third,  Dr.  J.  Wendell  Yeo,  of  Boston  University,  gave  a  helpful 
talk  on  "Guidance  and  Placement."  On  Sunday  afternoon,  the 
fifteenth,  the  Music  Department  presented  to  an  audience  that 
filled  Dwight  Hall,  a  program  made  up  of  "The  Highwayman,"  a 
poem  by  Alfred  Noyes  and  set  to  music  by  Deems  Taylor,  and 
selections  by  the  Upper  School  Choir,  the  Girls'  Glee  Club,  and  the 
Boys'  Octet.  The  baritone  solos  in  "The  Highwayman"  were  sung 
by  John  DiFrancesco,  Perkins  '39,  and  the  New  England  Con- 
servatory of  Music  '44.  The  date  for  this  presentation  was  advanced 
from  the  time  originally  planned  because  John  Di,  as  he  is  popularly 
known,  had  been  accepted  after  an  audition  for  training  through 
Mr.  Pinza  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  Company.  It  was  necessary 
for  him  to  go  to  New  York  (the  latter  part  of  April)  to  undertake 
this  extensive  training.  He  is  now  making  the  most  of  an  oppor- 
tunity which  should  lead  to  a  successful  professional  career. 

May — this  month  will  always  be  remembered  because  of  the 
close  of  the  war  in  Europe.  Exercises,  appropriate  to  V-E  Day, 
were  conducted  in  Dwight  Hall  on  the  seventh  and  the  day  was 
observed  as  a  holiday.  On  the  eighth.  Captain  Lawrence  Marshall, 
brother  of  Miss  Marshall,  the  Social  Worker,  gave  an  interesting 
talk  on  his  experiences  with  the  Marines  in  the  Pacific,  describing 
the  landing  of  troops  on  the  islands.  On  the  twenty-third,  the 
girls  of  the  Senior  Class  sponsored  an  Amateur  Show  to  raise 
money  for  class  expenses.  At  Chapel  on  the  twenty-fourth,  Mrs. 
Mary  Knapp  Burtt,  Perkins  '09,  Wellesley  '15,  described  bombings 
in  China  and  told  of  her  flight  "over  the  Hump"  to  Calcutta  on  her 
way  to  this  country.  Since  her  graduation  from  Wellesley,  Mrs. 
Burtt  has  been  at  the  head  of  a  school  for  blind  children  in  south 
China  and  plans  to  return  there  when  conditions  permit. 

Perkins  Graduate  Honored 
June — this  month  opened  with  a  tribute  being  paid  to  one 
of  Perkins'  most  valued  teachers,  Miss  Albertina  Eastman,  gradu- 
ate of  Perkins  and  of  Boston  University,  and  teacher  of  speech. 
Miss  Eastman  was  awarded  first  prize  in  the  poetry  section  of  the 
literary  competition  of  the  Jewish  Braille  Institute  for  her  poem 

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entitled  "The  Need  of  Beauty.''  She  also  received  the  Helen 
Keller  Gold  Medal  for  literary  excellence  awarded  by  the  Institute. 
The  presentations  were  made  by  Professor  John  Holmes,  of  Tufts 
College,  who  read  to  the  assembled  school  some  of  his  own  poems 
as  well  as  the  prize  poem  by  Miss  Eastman.  On  the  evening  of  the 
same  day,  the  advanced  music  pupils  held  their  final  recital  and  on 
the  second,  the  Alumnae  Association  held  its  Annual  Meeting. 
Nearly  a  hundred  former  members  cam.e  back  for  the  day's  exer- 
cises culminating  in  a  dinner  in  Dwight  Hall.  The  Upper  School 
girls  held  their  Annual  Athletic  Banquet  in  Oliver  Cottage  on  the 
evening  of  the  fifth  at  which  time  the  silver  cup  for  the  year's 
achievement  was  awarded  to  Oliver  Cottage.  Chapel  speakers  this 
month  were  Dr.  Philip  S.  Piatt,  Director  of  the  Lighthouse  in  New 
York,  on  the  ninth,  and  Dr.  Berthold  Lowenfeld,  of  the  American 
Foundation  for  the  Blind,  on  the  eleventh. 

On  Saturday,  the  ninth,  Dr.  Edward  Ellis  Allen,  Director 
Emeritus,  was  awarded  the  Shotwell  Medal  and  a  suitable  scroll 
at  a  luncheon  held  in  his  honor  at  the  Hotel  Statler,  Boston.  This 
is  the  highest  honor  that  can  be  bestowed  by  the  American  Asso- 
ciation of  Workers  for  the  Blind  and  usually  is  presented  at  its 
biennial  convention.  As  the  convention  was  cancelled  this  year, 
leaders  in  the  association  from  several  parts  of  the  country  came 
to  Boston  to  honor  Dr.  Allen  in  this  way  and  to  give  recognition  to 
his  distinction  as  a  great  leader  in  the  field  of  the  blind.  This  is 
the  twenty-fifth  year  of  the  Harvard  Class,  founded  by  Dr.  Allen, 
who,  as  he  approaches  eighty-five,  is  still  vigorous  and  active  in  his 
chosen  field. 

Graduation  Activities 

The  thirteenth  was  marked  by  the  exercises  concluding  the 
year  at  the  Lower  School  after  which  many  of  the  children  left 
for  home.  On  the  afternoon  of  that  day,  the  girls  of  the  Senior 
Class  should,  according  to  custom,  have  planted  a  tree.  The  girls 
of  this  class,  however,  set  out  to  defy  tradition  and  prove  them- 
selves different.  Instead  of  planting  a  tree,  they  cut  down  a  dead 
tree  while  the  President  of  the  Corporation  stood  by  and  cheered 
them  on.  On  that  evening,  the  boys  of  the  graduating  class  held 
their  annual  reception  and  dance  at  which  they  had  a  ten-piece 
orchestra  from  the  Naval  Station  at  Weymouth.  This  group  came 
in  return  for  several  concerts  which  the  Boys'  Octet  had  given  to 
Navy  groups  during  the  year. 

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THE  GRADUATING  CLASS 
June  14,  1945 


Thursday,  the  fourteenth,  was  Graduation  Day,  and  exercises 
were  held  in  the  afternoon  with  President  Hallowell  presiding. 
The  address  this  year  was  made  by  the  Hon.  Julius  E.  Warren, 
Commissioner  of  Education.  The  Invocation  was  given  by  the 
Reverend  Paul  J.  Meyers  of  the  Phillips  Congregational  Church. 
Diplomas,  signifying  graduation  from  high  school,  were  awarded 
to  five  boys  and  three  girls.  A  Manual  Training  Certificate  was 
given  to  one  girl  and  a  Certificate  for  Ediphone  Proficiency  to 
another.  One  of  the  boys  graduating  was  Robert  J.  Smithdas,  of 
the  Deaf-Blind  Department.  He  is  the  fifth  deaf-blind  pupil  to 
receive  a  diploma  from  Perkins.  Robert  came  to  Perkins  two  and 
a  half  years  ago  from  the  Western  Pennsylvania  School  for  the 
Blind,  in  Pittsburgh.  He  has  been  an  excellent  student,  graduating 
with  a  high  record,  and  was  also  one  of  the  ablest  members  of  the 
Wrestling  Team.  He  has  a  distinct  literary  ability  and  an  article 
by  him  was  featured  in  the  June  15  issue  of  The  Lantei-n  which 
contained  also  two  sonnets  he  had  written. 

In  addition  to  those  who  were  graduated  from  Perkins  in  June, 
several  former  students  also  completed  their  studies  elsewhere. 
Anthony  J.  Cirella,  Perkins  '40,  received  his  degree  at  the  Nev/ 
England  Conservatory  of  Music  where  he  majored  in  the  organ. 
While  at  the  Conservatory,  Anthony  won  many  distinctions.  Dur- 
ing the  summer  he  attended  the  Pius  XI  School  of  Liturgical 
Music  in  New  York  City.  He  is  organist  and  choir  master  in 
St.  John's  Catholic  Church  in  Roxbury.  Robert  Scott,  who  entered 
Perkins  Institution  in  1931,  was  graduated  in  1939,  and  remained 
for  one  year  of  postgraduate  study,  received  the  degree  of  M.  A. 
from  Boston  College  School  of  Social  Work  in  June.  He  now  has  a 
position  with  the  Bureau  of  the  Handicapped,  Providence,  Rhode 
Island. 

The  sixteenth  was  Alumni  Day,  and  over  one  hundred  gradu- 
ates of  Perkins  came  back  for  their  reunion  and  for  the  banquet 
held  that  evening.  Many  of  them  remained  at  Perkins  over  the 
weekend. 

Meetings  —  Routine  and  Regular. 
In  addition  to  these  many  events,  several  meetings  were  held 
routinely  each  month.  The  Student  Councils  met  month  by  month 
with  the  Director  to  consider  policies  regarding  the  school  and 
incidents  which  could  be  helped  by  mutual  discussion.  The  matrons 
met  monthly  with  the  Director.     This  year  for  the  first  time  a 

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series  of  five  meetings  was  held  during  February  and  March  at 
which  attention  was  focused  upon  the  emotional  needs  of  our  chil- 
dren and  modern  attitudes  toward  child  care.  Two  talks  were 
given  by  Dr.  Hayes,  our  psychologist,  two  by  Miss  Marshall,  our 
psychiatric  social  worker,  and  the  final  talk  by  the  Director.  The 
teachers  met  weekly  all  through  the  year  with  the  Principal  to 
discuss  classroom  problems  and  the  progress  of  pupils.  Members 
of  the  Personnel  Department  met  each  month  to  consider  the 
needs  and  problems  of  children  referred  to  the  department  and  to 
integrate  its  several  specialized  areas. 

Among  the  pupils  regular  meetings  were  held.  There  were 
the  weekly  meetings  of  the  Girl  Scouts,  who  are  divided  into  three 
troops.  Mrs.  Harold  Jenks  of  Newton  and  Miss  Jane  Smith  are  in 
charge  of  the  Upper  School  troops  assisted  by  Mrs.  Norma  Kemon, 
Mrs.  Virginia  Clark,  both  of  Watertown,  and  Miss  Helen  Dunne. 
The  Lower  School  Troop  leader  was  Miss  Florence  Murphy  assisted 
by  Miss  Martha  Winget  and  Miss  Evelyn  Kaufman.  There  are  also 
two  troops  of  Boy  Scouts  under  the  leadership  of  Paul  L.  Bauguss, 
of  the  Music  Department.  Regular  meetings  were  held  by  the 
Athletic  Association,  and  the  Howe  Memorial  Club  on  the  boys' 
side,  and  the  Sports  Club,  the  Howe  Reading  Club,  and  one  or  two 
other  groups  on  the  girls'  side. 

Changing  Fronts 
One  event  to  which  special  reference  should  be  made  and  which 
represents  the  revival  of  pre-war  customs  was  the  program  held 
on  Saturday,  May  26,  under  the  title  "Changing  Fronts  in  the 
Field  of  the  Blind."  At  the  morning  session,  talks  were  given  by 
the  Director  on  "Changes  on  the  Educational  Front,"  and  by  Dr. 
Robert  B.  Irwin,  of  the  American  Foundation  for  the  Blind,  on 
"Changes  on  the  Economic  Front."  The  afternoon  session  was 
devoted  to  "Changes  on  the  Medical  Front."  Dr.  Theodore  L. 
Terry  told  of  blindness  in  prematurely  born  children.  Dr.  Hugo 
B.  C.  Riemer  spoke  on  the  relation  between  German  measles  and 
cataracts,  and  Major  Thomas  L.  Cavanaugh  related  his  experiences 
in  Army  hospitals  in  Africa  and  Italy.  Box  lunches  prepared  by 
the  girls  of  the  Senior  Class  were  served  at  noon  time.  The 
Massachusetts  Council  of  Organizations  of  the  Blind  held  its 
Annual  Meeting  in  conjunction  with  this  gathering.  There  were 
over  one  hundred  and  fifty  people  at  the  morning  session  and  about 
two  hundred  at  the  afternoon  session.     The  paper  by  Dr.  Terry 

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was  printed  in  the  October  issue  of  the  "Outlook  for  the  Blind,  and 
Dr.  Riemer's  paper  appeared  in  the  November  issue. 

School  for  Mothers  and  Babies 
Perhaps  the  outstanding  event  of  the  year  was  the  Summer 
School  held  from  June  17  through  June  30  for  mothers  and  their 
blind  babies.  Plans  were  made  for  a  maximum  of  twenty  mothers 
and  twenty  babies  but  twenty-one  mothers  and  seventeen  babies 
actually  attended  along  with  two  or  three  fathers  who  also  came. 
The  need  for  this  service  was  brought  to  our  attention  by  Dr. 
Theodore  L.  Terry  who  has  become  deeply  interested  in  a  group 
of  children  who,  because  of  premature  birth,  have  defective  vision. 
Dr.  Terry  has  discovered  the  cause  of  this  loss  of  sight  and  has 
given  to  it  a  descriptive  name — retrolental  fibroplasia.  During 
the  last  five  years,  Dr.  Terry  has  come  in  contact  with  over  five 
hundred  cases  of  this  type  and  has  more  than  fifty  under  his 
direction  in  this  vicinity.  As  he  worked  with  the  babies  and  their 
mothers,  Dr.  Terry  became  concerned  over  the  need  for  assistance 
in  the  psychological  and  educational  areas.  He  approached  Per- 
kins with  this  problem,  and,  after  a  number  of  conferences,  it  was 
decided  to  hold  the  summer  session. 

The  program  was  based  upon  two  needs:  First,  to  give  advice 
and  help  to  the  mothers;  and  second,  to  study  the  babies  and  see 
what  program  of  guidance  could  be  worked  out  and  whether  any 
means  could  be  developed  for  determining  their  mental  promise. 
Dr.  Hayes,  Perkins  psychologist,  who  has  adapted  psychological 
tests  for  the  blind,  was  called  upon  to  help  in  this  problem.  Early 
in  the  spring  Miss  Jane  Smith,  Perkins'  psychometrist,  was  as- 
signed to  make  home  visits  with  Miss  Ruth  Butler,  social  worker 
at  the  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  in  order  to  become  acquainted  with 
and  learn  the  needs  of  both  children  and  parents.  On  the  basis 
of  their  reports  and  after  consultation  with  leading  experts  in  the 
Boston  area,  a  program  for  two  weeks  was  arranged. 

A  nursery  school  for  the  babies  was  conducted  under  the 
direction  of  Mrs.  Louise  Wood,  of  the  Boston  Nursery  for  Blind 
Babies,  with  assistants  from  the  Perkins'  staff  and  nursery  schools. 
A  series  of  lectures,  practically  two  a  day  through  the  term,  was 
arranged,  and  many  psychiatrists,  educators,  and  physicians  in  the 
Boston  area  generously  co-operated  in  their  support  and  through 
their  talks.  Miss  Gertrude  Van  den  Broek,  p(re-school  worker 
with  the  New  York  State  Commission  for  the  Blind,  who  was  in 
residence  for  the  first  week,  gave  daily  talks  to  the  mothers  and 

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held  personal  conferences  with  each  of  them.  During  the  second 
week,  Miss  Harriet  E.  Totman,  pre-school  v/orker  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  carried  out  the  same  routine.  Miss  Ruth  Butler,  social 
worker  of  the  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  serving  as  home  visitor,  was 
at  hand  to  greet  and  advise  the  mothers  and  children.  Miss 
Virginia  A.  Beal,  assistant  in  nutrition  of  the  Department  of 
Maternal  and  Child  Health  of  the  Harvard  School  of  Pubhc  Health, 
was  also  in  residence  and  held  conferences  with  the  mothers 
regarding  feeding  problems  of  their  children.  A  representative  of 
the  Children's  Bureau  in  Washington,  Dr.  William  Schmidt,  at- 
tended and  gave  an  interesting  talk.  The  direction  of  the  program 
was  in  the  Piands  of  Miss  Marshall,  the  Perkins  Social  Worker. 
To  her,  as  well  as  the  many  members  of  the  Perkins  staff  who 
stayed  beyond  the  close  of  the  year  to  help,  we  are  indebted  for 
the  success  of  the  program. 

The  Sound  Core  of  Instruction 
These  events,  impressive  as  they  may  seem,  are  all  extra- 
curricular and  over  and  above  the  school  routine.  They  represent 
the  fringe  within  which  is  the  sound  core  of  substantial  instruc- 
tion. Ranging  from  the  Kindergarten  through  High  School  are 
many  different  courses,  most  of  which  meet  daily  with  classes 
being  held  on  Saturday  mornings  in  the  Upper  School.  A  large 
number  of  teachers  with  small  classes  make  instruction  at  Perkins 
unusually  effective.  All  schools  for  the  blind  carry  on  a  program 
of  instruction  equal  to  that  of  similar  schools  for  seeing  children. 
The  content  of  courses  is  the  same,  but  the  methods  of  teaching 
differ.  Our  schools,  however,  usually  offer  more  opportunity  in 
the  Music  and  the  Manual  Training  Departments  than  seeing 
schools. 

Mr.  Sherman  reports:  "We  were  able  to  add  several  new 
courses  to  our  curriculum  and  to  broaden  the  base  of  some  others 
which  had  already  been  taught.  A  course  in  Spanish  was  estab- 
lished with  Mrs.  Vesta  Coon  as  teacher.  This  proved  to  be  a 
popular  course,  and  in  planning  ahead  for  the  next  school  year,  we 
shall  have  two  courses  in  Spanish  showing  that  there  was  a  need 
for  the  teaching  of  this  subject.  We  were  again  able  to  offer  a  full 
program  in  science  with  three  courses:  general  science,  biology, 
and  physics.  In  addition  to  these  courses,  we  tried  an  experiment 
with  a  course  in  occupations  and  orientation  for  the  boys  in  the 
senior  class.  In  the  course,  the  boys  discussed  employment  oppor- 
tunities available  at  the  conclusion  of  their  Perkins'  training. 

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Tests  Administere!d 
"In  order  to  assist  us  further  in  guiding  our  seniors  and 
postgraduate  students  successfully,  we  gave  them  all  the  Scholastic 
Aptitude  Test  as  set  up  by  the  College  Entrance  Examination 
Board.  This  was  given  to  two  members  of  the  junior  class,  eight 
members  of  the  senior  class,  and  three  postgraduate  students. 
Results  of  the  test,  for  the  most  part,  checked  favorably  with  other 
tests  administered  here  and  with  teacher  estimates  of  pupil  ability. 
The  test,  given  via  braille  and  Talking  Book,  seemed  to  be  fair 
though  time  consuming  for  completion.  When  compared  with  the 
results  secured  by  the  State  of  New  Jersey  on  the  same  test,  our 
figures  gained  more  meaning.  Our  students  stood  up  very  well  us 
compared  with  those  from  other  schools  and,  also,  those  people 
from  New  Jersey  who  had  taken  the  test.  We  are  confident  that 
this  test  will  furnish  an  additional  measure  which  will  be  very 
helpful  in  proper  guidance." 

Health  —  Physical  and  Mental 

"The  school,"  states  the  Harvard  report  on  "General  Education 
in  a  Free  Society,"*  "will  be  concerned  with  the  health  of  its  pupils, 
both  physical  and  mental.  The  human  body  must  be  healthy,  fit 
for  work,  and  able  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  the  mind."  Perkins 
is  especially  concerned  with  health  of  its  pupils.  During  the  year, 
the  usual  program  of  physical  education  has  been  carried  on  from 
the  earliest  grades  to  the  post-graduates.  Regularly  scheduled 
gymnasium  classes  have  been  held,  games  have  been  encouraged, 
social  dancing  taught,  and  a  physio-therapist  has  dealt  with  the 
more  difficult  cases  needing  individual  orthopedic  care.  The  girls 
had  a  series  of  competitive  meets  in  dancing,  swimming,  and  field 
sports  resulting  this  year  in  the  following  scores:  Oliver  (108), 
Brooks  (95),  May  (81),  and  Fisher  (74).  The  boys  had  their 
annual  series  of  football  games  in  the  fall,  culminating  in  a  vic- 
tory for  the  Blues.  The  girls'  competing  teams  represent  the 
cottages  while  the  boys  are  divided  into  two  groups,  the  Blues 
and  the  Whites,  because  the  boys'  cottages  are  now  divided  accord- 
ing to  age. 

During  the  Winter  Term,  wrestling  became  the  major  sport 
for  the  boys.    Matches  were  held  with  nearby  public  schools,  includ- 


•  "General  Education  I'n  A  Free  Society,"  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  by 
President  Conant  of  Harvard  to  study  present-day  objectives  in  education,  published 
by  the  Harvard  University  Press,    1945. 

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ing  Needham  on  January  21  and  Weymouth  on  February  2.  On 
February  17,  the  wrestlers  of  Tabor  Academy  came  to  Perkins 
and  were  defeated.  Perkins  met  defeat  at  Exeter  on  March  3. 
During  the  spring,  the  boys  were  concerned  chiefly  with  track 
events.  On  May  22,  the  Perkins  team  defeated  the  team  from 
Watertown  High  School  on  the  Perkins  grounds.  The  boys  were 
badly  defeated,  however,  when  they  went  to  Philadelphia  to  com- 
pete with  the  Overbrook  School  on  June  1. 

Sound  Bodies  Essential 

Sound  bodies  need  more  than  exercise  and  goals  of  physical 
fitness.  More  and  more,  nutrition  is  recognized  as  a  vital  factor 
in  growing  children  and  never  before  has  it  been  so  difficult  to 
maintain  high  standards.  This  involves  the  food  to  prepare  and 
the  people  to  prepare  it.  Menus,  according  to  modern  principals 
of  nutrition,  are  prepared  weekly  and  serve  as  a  guide  to  the 
matrons.  Keeping  cooks  to  translate  menus  into  meals  last  year 
can  only  be  described  as  an  unrelenting  headache.  Many  have 
come  and  gone,  but  Perkins  has  a  substantial  group  who  stay 
year  in  and  year  out.  But  even  when  the  lady  in  the  kitchen  was 
not  there,  three  good  meals  appeared  before  the  pupils  and  stafif 
each  day  in  the  twelve  cottages.  Their  appearance  was  due  to 
matrons  who  stepped  into  the  breach  and  staff  members  who  were 
ready  to  help  out  at  all  times.    To  all  of  these,  we  are  very  grateful. 

Measures  of  precaution  and  care  must  be  taken  in  order  to 
have  sound  bodies.  Perkins  has  every  facility  for  medical  care 
and  can  feel  proud  of  its  health  record.  All  of  the  new  pupils  were 
examined  by  the  physician  and  the  ophthalmologist  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  year  and  a  routine  examination  of  all  pupils  was  made. 
Dr.  Kinsey  has  been  more  than  generous  with  time  and  attention 
given  to  our  pupils  and  with  Miss  Clark,  resident  nurse,  undertook 
a  lot  of  work  formerly  sent  to  the  hospitals  in  order  to  relieve 
pressure  there.  The  services  of  Miss  Clark  were  lost  when  in 
March  she  entered  the  Army.  We  were  fortunate  in  that  one  of 
the  matrons,  Mrs.  Jablonske,  is  a  trained  nurse  and  she  undertook 
and  carried  through  the  remainder  of  the  year  the  duties  of  the 
nurse.  The  year  began  without  a  physio-therapist,  but  in  January 
this  work  was  undertaken  by  Miss  Shirlie  Smith,  a  graduate  of 
University  of  New  Hampshire,  Harvard  Class,  and  of  the  Physio- 
therapy Course  at  the  Children's  Hospital. 

The  Chadwick  Clinic  of  the  State  Department  of  Health  isent 
out  its  equipment  and  tested  all  of  the  new  children  for  tuberculo- 

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sis.  Thirty-eight  chest  plates  were  made,  and  all  reports  were 
negative.  In  February,  a  case  of  tuberculosis  was  discovered  in  a 
domestic  in  Potter  Cottage,  so  on  February  20  and  21,  the  State 
Department  sent  out  X-ray  equipment  and  chest  plates  were  taken 
of  all  members  of  the  teaching  staff,  all  pupils  in  Potter  Cottage, 
and  all  of  the  domestic  staff  in  the  entire  school.  Prior  to  this. 
X-rays  had  been  taken  only  of  the  pupils.  Now,  everyone  living 
in  the  school  must  be  tested. 

For  the  first  time  in  two  years,  the  kindergarten  cottages  had 
to  be  closed  because  of  contagious  diseases.  In  January,  fifteen 
cases  of  mumps  required  the  quarantine  of  Anagnos  Cottage  two 
weeks  after  Christmas  vacation,  then  later  of  Bradlee  Cottage. 
There  were  no  serious  accidents,  but  there  were  thirteen  opera- 
tions and  seventy-four  children  were  sent  to  the  specialized  clinics 
at  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital. 

Ophthalmological  Progress  ^ 

During  the  year,  the  ophthalmological  work  has  been  carried 
on  most  helpfully  by  Dr.  Riemer.  A  number  of  prospective  pupils 
were  seen  by  him  for  an  evaluation  of  sight  as  to  whether  they 
should  attend  a  school  for  the  blind  or  a  sight-saving  class.  Dur- 
ing the  year,  eleven  eye  operations  were  performed.  Three  chil- 
dren had  sight  sufficiently  improved  to  return  to  public  school. 
Artificial  eyes  were  obtained  for  nine  pupils  and  twenty-three  pairs 
of  glasses  were  bought.  While  the  cost  of  eye  operations,  glasses, 
and  prosthetic  eyes  are  supposed  to  be  assumed  by  the  parents, 
there  are  many  who  are  unable  to  bear  this  expense,  and  the  school 
has  been  able  to  carry  this  through  generous  contributions  from 
the  Dean  Fund  for  Little  Children. 

Considerable  interest  has  been  aroused  during  the  year  by  new 
developments  in  the  ophthalmological  area.  Through  work  done 
in  Australia  it  has  been  discovered  that  there  is  a  direct  relation 
between  congenital  cataracts  and  mothers  v/ho  have  German 
measles  during  the  early  months  of  pregnancy.  During  the  year, 
Perkins  cooperated  with  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  in 
obtaining  from  parents  of  our  children,  whose  diagnosis,  was  con- 
genital cataracts,  information  regarding  their  illnesses  during  preg- 
nancy. The  new  cause  of  blindness  in  children  prematurely  born, 
discovered  by  Dr.  Theodore  L.  Terry,  and  called  retrolental  fibro- 
plasia lead  to  cooperation  culminating  in  the  summer  school  pre- 
viously described    There  is  also  a  good  deal  of  study  being  made 

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in  regard  to  the  relation  of  diabetes  to  blindness  by  Dr.  Elliott  P. 
Joslin.  Two  cases  of  this  type  were  at  Perkins  this  year  These 
are  all  new  avenues  of  discovery  of  causes  leading  to  blindness 
which  must  give  us  concern.  They  are,  however,  being  pressed 
with  the  hope  that  remedies  for  the  causes  will  be  found  and  that 
progress, in  the  elimination  of  blindness  will  be  further  advanced. 

Poise  and  Adequacy  Needed 

"Mental  health  has  two  forms,"  continues  the  Harvard  report. 
"The  first  is  social  adjustment,  an  understanding  of  other  people, 
and  a  responsiveness  to  their  needs  with  its  counterpart  of  good 
manners.  The  second  is  personal  adjustment,  the  individual's 
understanding  of  himself,  his  poise  and  adequacy  in  coping  with 
real  situations."  Schools  for  the  blind  have  long  been  conscious  of 
the  problems  of  adjustment  and  are  probably  doing  more  in  this 
area  than  many  schools  for  seeing  pupils.  Previous  reports  have 
described,  at  length,  our  program  for  mental  health  and  our  alert- 
ness to  the  emotional  problems  of  our  pupils.  Lack  of  sight  often 
leads  to  maladjustment  and  frustration  and  loss  of  sight  is  fre- 
quently an  emotional  crisis.  During  the  year,  we  have  been  for- 
tunate in  having,  to  meet  these  adjustment  problems,  the  services 
of  a  psychiatrist.  Dr.  Herbert  Barry,  Jr.  He  has  seen  pupils 
periodically  by  appointment  through  the  year  and  has  worked 
intensively  with  twenty-three  children.  His  interest  in  the  pupils 
is  very  sincere,  and  he  has  made  a  very  good  relationship  with  them 
and  with  the  staff  members  who  have  cooperated  with  him  in 
meeting  the  problems  of  the  children. 

Miss  Marshall,  the  Social  Worker  and  Home  Visitor,  has  not 
traveled  so  much  this  year  as  before  the  war  due  to  travel  restric- 
tions and,  also,  to  the  demand  for  her  services  at  the  school  in 
carrying  on  many  of  the  duties  formerly  conducted  by  the  registrar. 
This  work,  however,  has  kept  her  in  contact  with  the  state  officials 
and  has  been  helpful  in  developing  good  relationships  between  the 
school  and  the  states.  There  may  be  some  question  as  to  the 
future  need  for  extensive  travelling  on  the  part  of  the  social 
worker,  because  in  recent  years,  all  of  the  New  England  States 
have  strengthened  their  divisions  for  the  blind  and  have  employed 
field  workers  who  are  able  to  care  for  the  needs  of  the  visually 
handicapped  in  their  respective  states  more  adequately  than  in  the 
past.  Much  of  the  work  formerly  done  by  our  Home  Visitor  is 
now  carried  on  effectively  by  state  workers.     The  Social  Worker 

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THE  SUMMER  SCHOOL 

Babies  Play,  Mothers  Study 


now  plans  her  visits  to  the  various  states  in  cooperation  with  the 
state  workers  and  they,  in  turn,  come  to  Perkins  for  frequent  con- 
sultations regarding-  problems  pertaining  to  the  children  for  whom 
they  are  responsible.  This  is  particularly  helpful  toward  the  end 
of  the  year  when  we  review  pupils'  personalities,  educational  and 
industrial  abilities,  home  background  and  try  to  make  intelligent 
plans  for  their  future. 

"Thinking  over  the  home  visits  that  have  been  made  during 
the  past  year,"  reports  Miss  Marshall,  "there  has  been  one  factor 
that  seems  to  be  outstanding,  and  that  is  that  there  were  fewer 
parents  of  our  children  Vv^ho  are  unemployed  and  who  are  receiving 
relief.  In  other  words,  it  is  true  that  in  most  of  the  families  the 
financial  situation  is  much  improved,  often  making  it  possible  for 
the  parents  to  be  responsible  for  the  medical  attention,  personal 
needs,  transportation,  etc.,  of  their  children.  It  is  still  true  thai, 
the  standard  of  living  in  many  of  the  homes  is  far  below  that 
which  we  would  like  to  see,  but,  at  the  same  time,  it  is  noticeably 
improved  in  most  instances.  It  is  also  worth  commenting  that,  by 
and  large,  the  attitude  of  parents  seems  to  be  better  than  it  was 
formerly  in  regard  to  their  blind  children.  Although  there  is  still 
much  pampering  and  over-protection,  one  feels  that  there  has  been 
growth  on  the  part  of  the  parents  in  accepting  the  handicaps  of 
their  children  and  a  very  real  desire  in  wanting  them  to  be  inde- 
pendent and,  eventually,  self-supporting.  Another  interesting  ob- 
servation was  that  there  were  fewer  children  coming  from  the 
homes  of  so-called  foreign  parents  than  was  the  case  some  time  ago 
and  that  there  appeared  to  be  an  increase  in  the  number  of  children 
coming  from  the  so-called  middle  and  upper  classes.  One  wonders 
if  this  is  not  an  indication  on  the  part  of  people  to  use  the  public 
resources  available,  a  result  no  doubt  from  public  education." 

Moral  Guidance 
"Education  is  not  complete,"  the  Harvard  report  further  states, 
"without  moral  guidance;  and  moral  wisdom  may  be  obtained  from 
our  religious  heritage.  By  law  and  by  custom  little  sectarianism 
is  now  to  be  found  in  the  great  body  of  American  schools  and 
colleges."  While  Perkins  has  always  respected  the  tradition  that 
sectarianism  has  no  place  in  its  program,  it  has  tried  to  give  to 
its  pupils  the  benefit  of  moral  guidance  and  the  opportunity  for 
religious  instruction.  Five  years  ago,  by  vote  of  the  Trustees,  the 
various  churches  were  offered  the  opportunity  to  send  in  teachers 

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to  give  religious  instruction  on  a  voluntary  basis  one  hour  a  week. 
Ever  since,  this  has  been  carried  on  effectively  on  Thursday  after- 
noons. Sisters  from  St.  Joseph's  Seminary  have  come  faithfully 
to  give  instruction  to  the  Roman  Catholic  children  and  teachers 
for  Protestant  children  have  been  provided  by  the  Episcopal  City 
Mission  and  the  Watertown  Federation  of  Churches. 

The  religious  instruction  of  the  Catholic  children  has  been 
supplemented  by  the  services  of  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind 
which  is  always  ready  to  help  any  children  needing  assistance.  The 
Catholic  Guild  has  provided  two  Retreats  a  year  for  boys  and 
for  girls,  the  boys  going  to  Campion  Hall  in  Andover  for  a  weekend 
in  the  Fall  and  in  the  Spring,  and  the  girls  going  at  the  same  time 
to  the  Cenacle  Convent  in  Brighton.  This  spring  a  similar  oppor- 
tunity was  provided  by  the  Massachusetts  Council  of  Churches  for 
the  Protestant  boys  and  girls  who  left  on  the  same  weekend,  the 
girls  going  to  Cedar  Hill,  the  Girl  Scout  headquarters  in  Weston, 
and  the  boys  to  the  Recreation  Center  of  the  City  Mission  of  the 
Congregational  Church  in  Lincoln.  The  needs  of  Jewish  pupils 
are  adequately  cared  for  by  the  Boston  Aid  for  the  Blind,  a  group 
always  eager  to  help  in  any  possible  way  all  of  our  pupils.  For 
several  years  this  group  has  financed  opportunity  for  Perkins  boys 
to  attend  summer  camps. 

While  every  opportunity  is  given  for  the  religious  nurture  of 
our  pupils,  Perkins  has  never  held  religious  services  at  the  school. 
Provision  is  made  and  encouragement  given  for  attendance  at  the 
local  church  of  the  denomination  which  the  parents  indicate  as 
their  choice.  The  Watertown  churches  have  always  shown  an 
interest  in  and  have  extended  a  welcome  to  both  pupils  and  staff. 
This  policy  is  based  on  our  conviction  that  attending  local  churches 
offers  opportunity  to  our  pupils  to  make  valuable  contacts  and 
friendships  with  seeing  people  and  makes  them  accustomed  with 
the  forms  of  worship  and  conditions  under  which  they  will  attend 
church  when  they  leave  school.  It  is  interesting  to  observe  that 
this  policy  conforms  with  the  spirit  of  the  Harvard  Report  regard- 
ing sectarianism  in  American  schools. 

Management  and  Maintenance 
Turning  again  to  details  in  the  management  of  the  school  we 
come  to  the  problems  of  maintenance   and  business  administra- 
tion.   Probably  the  person  who  has  had  the  most  difficult  year  is 
the  Bursar,  Mr.  Hemphill,  and  also  the  storekeeper,  Mr.  Forkin. 

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Securing  food  to  provide  more  than  a  thousand  meals  daily  haa 
not  been  easy.  As  stated  previously,  good  meals  have  been  served 
every  day  and  those  in  charge  of  securing  the  ingredients  are  to 
be  congratulated  upon  their  success.  It  has  not  been  easy.  Per- 
kins has  had  to  take  the  same  curtailment  that  others  have  shared ; 
meatless  days,  no  butter,  and  restricted  menus.  This  has  been  done 
cheerfully,  however,  and,  in  addition,  pupils  and  staff  members 
have  been  exceedingly  helpful  in  assisting  in  the  kitchen  and  dining 
room  or  wherever  they  could  serve.  The  Victory  Peelers,  groups 
of  boys  and  girls  who  daily  prepare  the  vegetables,  have  continued 
to  peel,  but  with  the  war  over  the  school  authorities  are  jealous 
of  this  time  taken  from  studies. 

In  his  report,  Mr.  Hemphill  writes,  "This  has  been  our  most 
difficult  year  to  date  at  Perkins.  Man-power  and  material  short- 
ages really  had  us  on  a  spot  in  numerous  instances,  and  it  seemed, 
as  we  dealt  with  the  issues  involved,  that  they  were  requiring  an 
unfair  amount  of  our  time  and  energy  considering  all  the  ordinary 
matters  needing  attention.  The  efficient  operation  of  each  depart- 
ment in  this  busy  place  is  important,  and  being  a  group  of  normal 
human  beings,  the  pinches  which  hurt  most  were  those  which 
affected  food,  comfort,  and  convenience.  Some  answer,  at  least 
temporary,  was  found  for  most  problems,  and  I  would  like  again  to 
sing  praises  of  the  people  who  cheerfully  accepted  conditions  as 
they  were.  Although  we  in  the  business  and  operating  depart- 
ments felt  the  emergencies  keenly  because  it  is  our  job  to  provide 
for  the  Perkins'  family,  everyone  else  made  the  best  of  things  and 
helped  where  and  when  he  could.  Extra  work  was  required  of 
employees  in  the  departments  where  we  were  shorthanded,  and  in 
such  cases  the  work  was  done  well  and  willingly.  We  have  had  a 
true  measure  of  loyalty,  and  we  appreciate  it. 

Salary  Adjustments 

"On  February  1,  the  salary  budgets  of  the  Administrative, 
Household,  Laundry,  Engineering,  Buildings,  and  Grounds  Depart- 
ments were  adjusted  to  cover  an  increase  in  the  base  salaries  of 
employees  in  those  departments.  Some  of  our  vacancies  were  due 
entirely  to  the  difference  between  our  rates  of  pay  and  those  exist- 
ing outside.  Wishing  to  be  fair  to  our  employees  as  well  as  to 
protect  the  interests  of  the  institution,  we  made  a  careful  study 
of  the  rates  of  pay  in  effect  at  seven  other  Greater  Boston  institu- 
tions and  checked  them  against  rates  recommended  by  the  War 

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Labor  Board.  These  comparisons  resulted  in  a  decision  of  the 
Executive  Committee  to  bring  our  wages  in  these  departments 
more  into  line.  This  required  an  increase  averaging  fifteen  per 
cent  of  base  salaries  in  the  Engineering  Department  and  ten  per 
cent  elsewhere  with  a  few  token  raises  of  five  dollars  where  our 
levels  were  about  even  with  those  in  other  institutions.  The  Cost 
of  Living  Adjustment  Plan  is  still  in  effect  at  fifteen  per  cent  and 
applies  to  the  new  base  rate.  The  adjustment  was  in  effect  during 
the  last  seven  months  of  the  year  and  added  a  total  of  $3,090  to 
the  budget.  It  affected  those  persons  who  do  not  receive  found 
and  come  under  the  terms  of  the  Cost  of  Living  Adjustment  Plan. 

"The  cost  of  living  index  has  stayed  at  its  high  level  during 
the  year,  justifying  the  Executive  Committee  in  voting  a  summer 
adjustment  again  to  all  those  who  receive  found.  This  adjustment, 
similar  to  the  one  last  summer,  gave  a  bonus  of  one-half  month's 
pay  to  "live  in"  staff  members  who  had  been  in  our  employ  less 
than  three  years  and  a  full  month's  bonus  to  those  who  had  been 
here  three  years  or  over.  This  added  a  total  of  $6,891.19  to  our 
operating  expenses  for  the  year. 

"It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  Perkins'  Retirement  Plan 
now  has  seventy-six  members  enrolled,  and  the  Blue  Cross  Plan, 
which  we  handle  for  the  convenience  of  our  employees,  has  one 
hundred  and  one  members  enrolled." 

Maintenance  Maintained 

The  maintenance  of  a  plant  such  as  Perkins,  from  the  point 
of  view  of  buildings  and  grounds,  has  also  presented  many  prob- 
lems during  the  war  years.  Mr.  Coon,  Superintendent  of  Buildings 
and  Grounds,  has  kept  the  plant  in  excellent  condition,  however. 
While  there  are  some  things  that  have  been  postponed  for  post-war 
projects,  the  buildings  have  not  been  allowed  to  run  down  and  the 
grounds  have  remained  as  beautiful  as  ever  although  some  of  our 
flower  beds  and  other  things  have  been  curtailed.  The  same  has 
been  true  with  the  Engineering  Department.  Coal  has  been  stored 
on  the  grounds  in  order  that  an  adequate  supply  would  always  be 
ready,  and  Mr.  Carroll,  the  Engineer,  has  had  to  take  on  extra 
duties  when  the  engineering  staff  was  shorthanded.  During  the 
year,  constant  care  of  equipment  was  necessary  to  avoid  replace- 
ments. 

During  the  summer  considerable  planting  and  refurbishing 
was  done  by  contract  in  addition  to  what  our  own  men  were  able 

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to  do.  The  Board  Room,  many  of  the  music  practice  rooms,  the 
large  ceiling  in  the  museum,  and  all  of  the  manual  training  rooms 
vrere  redecorated  during  the  summer.  In  the  school,  the  outstanding 
improvement  was  the  redesigning  and  re-equipping  of  the  science 
laboratory  which  now  makes  it  more  modern  and  more  adequately 
equipped  to  carry  on  the  science  program  which  the  school  offers. 

Power  House  projects  included  the  replacement  of  the  water- 
pipe  line  running  from  the  ice  machine  in  the  Power  House  to  the 
swimming  pool  in  the  Howe  Building,  and  the  replacement  of  the 
second  boiler  feed  pump  and  the  blow-off  valves  on  the  boiler,  and 
the  reinsulating  of  our  third  and  last  refrigerator  room. 

Workshop  Problems  and  Priorities 

The  Workshop  at  South  Boston  has  continued  to  give  employ- 
ment to  blind  men  and  women.  Due  to  the  difficulty  of  having 
mattress  re-making  done  elsewhere,  the  Workshop  has  had  more 
business  than  it  could  handle  for  it,  too,  was  restricted  in  securing 
enough  workers.  It  also  had  difficulty  in  securing  the  right  kind 
of  ticking  for  the  re-making  of  mattresses.  The  highest  priorities 
that  the  shop  could  secure  were  not  good  enough  to  enable  it  to  get 
the  material  which  it  needed  to  maintain  the  Perkins  standard. 
Experiments  were  tried  by  treating  lighter  weight  ticking  so  that 
it  would  hold  hair  but  this  was  an  emergency  measure  and  not 
entirely  satisfactory  because  Perkins  values  the  reputation  it  has 
established  during  the  century  the  shop  has  been  working.  The 
rapid  lifting  of  restrictions  makes  the  outlook  now  more  hopeful. 

The  Howe  Memorial  Press  has  had  one  of  its  busiest  years 
as  many  demands  have  been  made  for  the  appliances  and  games 
which  it  makes.  The  centers  where  blinded  Army  and  Navy 
personnel  are  stationed  have  placed  large  orders  for  writing  boards, 
mathematical  appliances,  and  games.  The  Red  Cross,  both  nation- 
ally and  through  many  chapters,  has  also  placed  large  orders  for 
games  and  appliances.  It  has  not  been  possible  to  fill  all  of  these 
orders  because  of  the  limited  facilities  of  the  Press  and  the  fact 
that  one  of  the  two  machinists  died  in  the  middle  of  the  year  and 
he  could  not  be  replaced.  Many  of  the  orders  were  from  groups 
who  wished  to  give  out  the  games  and  appliances  as  a  means  of 
securing  good  will,  and  we  have  been  reluctant  to  fill  these  orders 
because  we  knew  that  the  hospitals  where  they  wished  to  distribute 
them  were  already  adequately  supplied  by  the  authorities  responsi- 

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ble  for  the  welfare  of  the  patients  and  we  did  not  feel  it  wise  to 
tax  our  limited  resources  in  duplication  of  this  type. 

Howe  Press  Activities 

During  the  year,  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  published  a  new 
hymnal  for  the  Music  Department.  Its  title,  "Hymns  for  Chapel 
Use,"  describes  its  purpose.  The  Music  Department  selected  a 
group  of  seventy  hymns,  which  are  used  at  Chapel  Exercises,  and 
edited  them  for  publication.  In  order  to  extend  to  other  schools 
for  the  blind  the  opportunity  to  secure  these  hymnals  announce- 
ments pertaining  to  their  publication  were  sent  out,  and  orders 
were  received  from  eighteen  schools.  This  not  only  enabled  other 
schools  to  share  in  this  contribution  of  the  Music  Department  but 
also  permitted  us  to  print  a  larger  edition  at  lower  costs.  The 
hymnal  is  printed  in  three  forms:  one,  braille  in  two  editions,  one 
containing  the  words  and  vocal  music  and  the  other,  the  accompani- 
ments; two,  a  large-type  edition,  measuring  eighteen  by  twenty- 
four  inches  for  the  partially  seeing;  and  three,  a  normal  ink-print 
edition  for  the  use  of  teachers  and  fully  sighted  persons.  This 
choice  of  hymns  and  range  of  editions  seems  to  meet  the  needs 
of  many  people,  and  the  hymnal,  attractively  printed  and  spirally 
bound,  has  been  widely  acclaimed. 

Special  study  in  regard  to  a  more  adequate  writing  board  to 
be  used  in  square-hand  writing  has  been  conducted  in  cooperation 
with  those  in  charge  of  the  war  blinded  at  Valley  Forge  General 
Hospital.  A  project  of  war  origin  is  the  development  of  a  magni- 
fying device  whereby  partially  seeing  people  can  read  ordinary 
print  books.  Perkins  has  been  responsible  for  promoting  this  idea 
and  has  secured  the  endorsement  of  the  Army  and  the  sponsorship 
of  the  Office  of  Scientific  Research  and  Development.  This  office 
authorized  a  contract  with  the  Dartmouth  Eye  Institute  to  study 
and  develop  a  device  of  this  type.  The  work  began  at  Dartmouth 
on  June  15,  and  it  is  hoped  that  something  will  come  from  this 
project  which  will  be  permanently  helpful  to  partially  seeing  people. 
The  primary  motive  back  of  this  development  is  to  avoid  the 
necessity  of  printing  textbooks  in  large  type.  There  are  a  number 
of  books  of  this  type  available  for  lower  grades  but  none  for  the 
upper  grades.  The  danger  of  putting  books  of  this  kind  into  large 
type  is  that  the  expense  is  so  great  that  there  would  be  little 
chance  of  renewal  and  texts  would  be  frozen  for  perhaps  a  genera- 
tion. Education  would,  therefore,  be  retarded  by  inability  to 
make  modern  texts  available  to  schools. 

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The  Army  War  Blinded 

Little  has  developed  in  the  program  for  the  care  of  the  war- 
blinded  beyond  what  was  reported  last  year.  The  Army  continues 
to  center  the  eye  casualties  in  two  hospitals,  the  Valley  Forge 
General  Hospital,  Phoenixville,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Dibble  Gen- 
eral Hospital,  Menlo  Park,  California,  A  third  installation  is  the 
Old  Farms  Convalescent  Hospital,  Avon,  Connecticut,  to  which  men 
are  sent  for  adjustment  after  hospitalization.  The  only  change  in 
the  programs  of  these  three  installations  is  in  the  greater  number 
of  patients  for  v/hom  they  have  to  provide,  but  the  close  of  the 
war  should  now  enable  the  authorities  to  estimate  with  reasonable 
accuracy  the  number  for  whom  future  service  will  have  to  be  pro- 
vided. The  Director  has  continued  to  visit  the  installations  in  the 
east  and  to  extend  any  assistance  that  Perkins  can  render. 

In  March,  Colonel  Derrick  Vail,  then  in  charge  of  the  pro- 
gram of  the  Army  war-blinded,  appointed  an  Honorary  Citizen's 
Advisory  Committee  of  twelve  members,  one  of  which  was  the 
Director.  The  committee  has  held  two  meetings,  one  for  the 
purpose  of  organization  and  the  election  of  three  official  consul- 
tants, and  the  second,  to  consider  the  report  of  the  three  consul- 
tants who  visited  the  three  hospitals.  The  committee  did  not  get 
very  far  in  agreement  regarding  recommendations  and  what  will 
come  out  of  it  is  undetermined  at  present.  In  August,  Colonel  Vail 
was  succeeded  by  Major  Trygve  Gundersen,  ophthalmologist  at 
Perkins  on  leave  of  absence.  He  had  just  returned  from  the  Euro- 
pean Theater  of  War,  and  it  is  felt  that  his  leadership  of  this 
program  will  be  constructive. 

The  Director  has  continued  to  serve  as  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Legislation  of  the  American  Association  of  Instructors 
of  the  Blind.  That  committee  has  not  been  very  active  during  the 
past  year  because  no  legislation  of  great  importance  has  been 
enacted.  There  has  been  some  consideration  of  revising  the 
Sheperd-Randolph  Bill,  transferring  the  program  for  operation  of 
Vending  Stands  from  the  Office  of  Education  to  the  Office  of  Voca- 
tional Rehabilitation  but  this  has  not  yet  been  effected.  The  most 
important  legislation  pending  is  the  revision  of  the  Social  Security 
Act  and  our  interest  pertains  to  those  sections  relating  to  the  blind. 
The  Wagner-Dingwell  Bills,  which  were  introduced  into  the  last 
Congress,  were  never  brought  out  of  committee.  Revisions  of  these 
identical  bills  have  been  prepared  to  present  to  the  new  Congress, 
and  it  is  possible  that  hearings  will  be  held  on  them  during  the 
present  session  of  the  Congress. 

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A  Quarter  of  a  Century 
The  Harvard  Class  completed  a  quarter  of  a  century  this  year. 
It  was  twenty-five  years  ago  that  Dr.  Allen,  now  Director  Emeritus 
and  still  lecturer  to  the  class,  developed  the  idea  of  advanced 
graduate  training  for  teachers  of  the  blind.  In  cooperation  with 
the  Graduate  School  of  Education  of  Harvard,  this  course  has 
continued  uninterruptedly  to  train  teachers  for  schools  for  the 
blind.  Over  three  hundred  persons  have  taken  this  training  and 
they  are  now  serving  in  practically  all  of  the  states  in  this  country 
and  in  nineteen  foreign  countries.  As  there  were  only  six  in  the 
class  this  year,  the  program  was  restricted  from  former  years. 
This  was  partly  because  it  was  felt  that  the  small  number  did  not 
warrant  the  additional  courses  recently  introduced  but  chiefly  be- 
cause the  members  of  the  course  were  asked  to  take  additional 
duties  at  Perkins  due  to  the  shortage  of  teachers.  Toward  the  end 
of  the  year.  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Hayes,  who  has  been  acting  as  leader 
of  the  course,  was  appointed  Lecturer  on  the  Blind  in  the  Graduate 
School  of  Education  by  the  Harvard  Board  of  Overseers.  The 
Director,  who  gives  a  number  of  the  lectures,  is  also  a  Lecturer  on 
the  Graduate  School  faculty. 

Children  of  the  Silent  Night 

The  Deaf-Blind  Department  has  had  a  successful  year  with 
ten  pupils.  The  number  of  pupils  is  again  restricted  to  the  number 
of  available  teachers.  A  new  and  helpful  teacher  this  year,  Miss 
Alice  M.  Carpenter,  formerly  head  of  the  Ming  Sum  School  in 
Canton,  China,  and  who,  during  her  Sabbatical  Year  in  1937-38, 
was  in  residence  at  Perkins  and  helped  in  the  Deaf-Blind  Depart- 
ment, gave  special  instruction  to  Robert  Smithdas  and  assisted  him 
in  meeting  the  requirements  of  his  senior  year  and  arousing  in 
him  literary  aspirations  for  which  he  seemed  to  have  ability. 
Throughout  the  year,  the  Deaf-Blind  Department  helped  with  a 
number  of  children  who  were  having  difficulty  in  the  school  because 
of  hearing  and  assisted  in  equipping  one  child  with  a  hearing  aid 
and  instructing  her  in  its  use.  The  one  new  child  admitted,  proved 
to  be  a  satisfactory  pupil  and  will  continue  next  year.  One  new 
boy  from  Alabama  has  been  admitted  for  next  year,  a  girl  from 
West  Virginia  has  been  accepted,  and  there  is  the  possibility  of 
an  older  boy  coming  from  Oklahoma. 

The  Annual  Appeal  with  a  calendar  for  1945  was  sent  out  to 
about  eleven  thousand  people  in  November.     The  Appeal  aroused 

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FROM  ENGLAND  TO  NEW  ENGLAND 

Jimmy  Osborn  (above)  Spans  the  Ocean 


more  than  usual  interest  this  year  as  the  amount  received  was 
$13,419.52,  more  than  twice  as  much  as  last  year  and  came  from 
1,439  subscribers,  a  considerable  increase  over  the  number  con- 
tributing- last  year.  To  these  many  friends  we  are  greatly  indebted 
both  for  their  interest  and  their  gifts. 

The  Library  Serves 

The  library  has  continued  to  serve  not  only  the  school  but  also 
the  adult  blind  of  New  England.  The  latter  aspect  of  its  work 
increases  year  by  year,  and  in  January,  a  new  high  was  reached 
in  distribution.  During  that  month,  1800  Talking  Books  and  732 
braille  books,  a  total  of  2,532,  were  sent  out  to  readers  throughout 
New  England.  The  distribution  of  Talking  Books  began  in  1934 
and  now  far  exceeds  the  demand  for  braille  books.  While  this 
increase  in  demand  for  Talking  Books  has  cut  down  the  call  for 
braille  books  it  is  not  in  the  same  ratio  as  the  increase  in  Talking 
Books  because  the  highest  number  of  braille  books  ever  distributed 
during  a  month  was  about  a  thousand  volumes.  Final  figures  for 
the  year  indicate  that  the  library  added  235  new  readers  making 
the  present  number  1490  persons  who  receive  embossed  and  recorded 
books  from  the  library.  During  the  year  7,828  embossed  books 
and  17,882  Talking  Books  were  distributed  outside  of  the  school. 
Within  the  school  8,886  books  were  circulated,  including  988  Talk- 
ing Books  making  a  grand  total  for  the  year  of  35,524.  Five  hun- 
dred and  twenty-two  Talking  Book  sets,  representing  91  titles,  and 
1441  embossed  books  were  added  during  the  year. 

The  distribution  of  books  for  the  adult  blind  is  a  considerable 
task  for  the  library  staff.  Mr.  Coon  figured  out  that  during  the 
month  of  January,  there  were  5,064  operations  required  by  the 
three  members  of  the  library  staff  and  that  the  men  who  drive 
the  truck,  taking  the  books  to  the  Post  Office  each  day,  handled  in 
that  month  twenty  tons  of  books.  This  is  a  service,  however, 
which  Perkins  is  glad  to  render.  The  librarians  are  always  anxious 
to  bring  to  the  attention  of  and  to  assist  the  blind  in  finding  the 
books  which  will  add  to  their  enjojonent  and  to  the  enrichment  of 
their  lives. 

In  conclusion,  there  are  certain  facts  and  figures  which  must 
be  included  in  this  Annual  Report  if  it  is  to  be  a  full  record  of  both 
events  and  personnel. 

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School  Registration 

We  come  now  to  personnel.  A  report  on  the  registration  of 
the  school  for  the  year  shows  that  the  largest  registration  was  that 
of  243  pupils  as  of  December,  1944.  At  the  close  of  the  year,  we 
had  242  pupils  divided  as  follows:  135  from  Massachusetts;  twenty- 
eight  from  Maine;  nineteen  from  New  Hampshire;  thirteen  from 
Vermont;  twenty-eight  from  Rhode  Island;  six  from  New  Jersey; 
and  thirteen  private  pupils,  including  the  deaf-blind.  In  addition 
to  these,  we  had  forty-three  admissions  and  thirty-one  discharges. 
Of  the  group  discharged,  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  eleven  with- 
drew; four  were  discharged  to  enter  public  school  and  sight-saving 
classes;  nine  were  graduated,  some  of  whom  plan  to  continue  their 
educational  career,  others  to  obtain  employment  (three  expect  to 
go  to  college) ;  four  completed  their  course  of  training;  one  with- 
drew voluntarily  because  of  inability  to  adjust  to  the  school;  one 
child  advanced  as  far  as  possible;  and  one  young  man  returned  to 
Puerto  Rico.  One  child  withdrew  because  of  ill  health,  and  one 
student  in  the  Deaf-Blind  Department  was  graduated  and  re- 
turned home  to  enter  employment.  During  the  year,  several  chil- 
dren were  detained  at  home  because  of  ill  health  but  expected  to 
return  to  Perkins  at  a  later  date. 

In  connection  with  enrollment,  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  the 
proportion  of  boys  over  girls  in  the  Lower  School  still  remains  high. 
There  are  twenty-six  more  boys  than  girls  in  the  Lower  School. 
This  made  it  necessary  to  reopen  Bridgman  Cottage  in  the  Boys* 
Close  of  the  Upper  School  and  to  it  were  moved  the  sixth  grade 
boys  who  rightly  belong  in  the  Lower  School.  The  boys,  however, 
go  back  to  the  Lower  School  for  their  classes  each  day.  In  the 
Upper  School  there  are  ten  more  girls  than  boys,  but  only  three 
cottages  are  needed  for  the  girls  so  Fisher  Cottage  has  been  given 
over  entirely  to  deaf-blind  pupils.  If  these  conditions  prevail  the 
Girls'  Upper  School  will  continue  to  decline  while  the  Boys'  Upper 
School  will  expand.  The  present  enrollment,  however,  is  still  far 
below  our  peak  enrollment  of  the  early  '30's. 

At  the  close  of  the  school  in  June,  Perkins  lost  the  services  of 
two  staff  members  who  have  rendered  notable  service  to  the  institu- 
tion through  many  years.  For  fifty-five  years,  Julian  H.  Mabey 
directed  the  work  of  the  Boys'  Manual  Training  Department.  At 
the  South  Boston  School,  he  was  in  charge  of  all  of  the  boys.  For 
thirty-four  years,  Elwyn  H.  Fowler  has  been  head  of  the  Piano 
Tuning  Department.   Mr.  Fowler  was  graduated  from  Perkins  in 

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1889,  and  after  twenty  years  of  independent  practice  as  a  piano 
tuner,  he  came  to  take  charge  of  the  work  at  Perkins.  As  head  of 
the  Tuning  Department,  Mr.  Fowler  managed  and  supervised  the 
servicing  of  all  the  pianos  in  the  Boston  Public  Schools.  While  both 
of  these  men  were  primarily  teachers,  they  were  also  guides  and 
friends  to  over  a  thousand  former  pupils  who  looked  back  and  came 
back  to  them  for  counseling  and  encouragement.  They  are  retiring 
under  the  Perkins  Retirement  Plan  and  we  hope  for  them  many 
years  of  useful  leisure. 

In  March,  Miss  Mira  J.  Clark,  nurse  for  three  and  a  half  years, 
resigned  to  enter  the  Army.  After  training  at  Fort  Devens,  she  was 
commissioned  a  Second  Lieutenant  and  is  now  serving  in  a  hospital 
in  Calcutta,  India.  Miss  Ruth  Marsden,  assistant  bookkeeper,  re- 
signed May  31  to  begin  training  for  overseas  work  in  the  Red  Cross 
and  is  now  in  New  York.  This  makes  five  Perkins'  staff  members 
serving  in  the  American  Red  Cross. 

Other  resignations  in  June  were  Guido  Marchisio,  Perkins  '33, 
teacher  of  typing  in  the  Upper  School,  who  became  principal  of  the 
blind  section  of  the  school  in  Utah;  Clarence  Shelnutt,  teacher  of 
physical  education  in  the  Boys'  Upper  School,  who  accepted  a  posi- 
tion in  the  school  for  the  blind  in  Philadelphia;  Edward  Jacobs, 
Jr.,  teacher  in  the  Lower  School;  Rachel  Quant,  teacher  of  music 
in  the  Upper  School ;  Frances  L.  Martin,  teacher  of  home  economics ; 
Dorothy  Rodgers,  teacher  of  physical  education  in  the  Lower  School ; 
Bertha  L.  Cowen,  secretary  in  the  Personnel  Department;  and 
Mary  B.  Lockwood,  secretary  to  the  Director.  Douglas  C.  Cook, 
teacher  of  manual  training,  who  had  been  on  leave  of  absence  for 
war  work,  resigned  in  September  to  continue  in  his  present  position. 
Albert  B.  Raymond,  teacher  of  music,  and  David  Abraham,  teacher 
of  manual  training,  were  granted  leaves  of  absence  for  the  coming 
year. 

New  Staff  Members 

Edward  J.  Waterhouse,  for  several  years  teacher  of  mathe- 
matics, returned  in  September.  He  was  on  leave  of  absence  and  has 
been  doing  secret  mathematical  computations  in  the  development 
of  the  jet  propulsion  plane  at  the  General  Electric.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Benjamin  F.  Smith,  former  teachers  in  the  Lower  School  and  for 
two  years  at  the  Washington  State  School  for  the  Blind,  resumed 
their  places  in  the  Lower  School.  Mr.  Smith  will  teach  the  Sixth 
Grade  and  be  master  of  Potter  Cottage,  while  Mrs.  Smith  will  teach 
the  Fourth  Grade.   Mrs.  Walter  P.  Carr,  former  teacher  of  music 

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in  the  Upper  School  in  charge  of  the  Pianoforte  Normal  Depart- 
ment, returned  after  an  absence  of  two  years.  Coming  back  with 
her  is  Mr.  Carr,  a  graduate  of  Perkins  in  1939  and  who  later 
attended  Wentworth  Institute.  He  will  revive  the  Poultry  Course 
and  teach  woodwork  in  the  Upper  School. 

Orin  A  Stone,  B.S.,  B.D.,  M.A.  in  Ed.,  and  M.A.,  St.  Lawrence 
University  and  Boston  University,  and  for  eleven  years  Principal 
of  the  Connecticut  School  for  the  Blind,  joined  Perkins*  staff  to 
teach  history  and  social  studies.  John  B.  Butler,  former  teacher 
of  practical  arts  in  the  Newton  School  system,  became  head  of  the 
Manual  Training  Department.  He  is  the  author  of  a  book  on  metal 
work  and  the  inventor  of  devices  used  in  classes  of  this  type  all 
over  the  country.  Miss  Dorothy  A.  BischofF,  Brooklyn  College  '42, 
Harvard  Class  '43,  for  three  years  teacher  in  the  Lavelle  School 
for  the  Blind  in  New  York,  is  teaching  the  First  Grade.  Miss 
Arlene  I.  Eccles,  Framinghara  State  Teachers'  College  '33,  new 
teacher  of  Home  Economics,  is  in  charge  of  Bennett  Cottage. 
Assisting  in  the  Home  Economics  Department  is  Miss  Jane  Waska, 
Framingham  '44. 

Three  replacements  were  necessary  in  the  Physical  Education 
Department,  as  all  three  former  teachers  left  to  be  married.  En- 
gaged for  these  positions  were,  in  the  Boys'  Upper  School,  Philip 
G.  Worrick,  Boston  University  '44;  Miss  Beatrice  Pinkham,  Sar- 
gent '45,  in  the  Girls'  Upper  School;  and  Miss  Gertrude  Seibert, 
Sargent  '45,  in  the  Lower  School.  Miss  Marjorie  Ritchie  and  Miss 
Jean  Harrison,  both  graduates  of  Fisher  School  in  June,  are  new 
secretaries  in  the  Administrative  Department. 

With  these  additions  to  the  staff  Perkins  is  ready  for  another 
year,  and  with  the  restrictions  and  limitations  of  war  now  removed, 
there  is  every  reason  for  advance  and  opportunity  to  widen  our 
service  to  the  blind. 

GABRIEL  FARRELL 


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DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH 
OPHTHALMOLOGIST'S  REPORT 

THE  NUMBER  of  children  examined  during  the  year  were  one 
hundred  and  five.  There  were  thirty-eight  new  admissions 
during  the  year.  Those  examined  during  the  year  are  classified 
as  follows: 

Classification  of  Causes  of  Blindness  by  Site   (Topography) 
and  Type  of  Affection. 

Eyeball,  in  General  Crystalunb  Lens: 

Hypertension     (Glaucoma)     8               Cataract    19 

Refractive  errors :                                                     Dislocated    lens    1 

Myopia    3              Aphakia    1 

Endophthalmitis     4       iRig  ^,,0  CiLiARY  Body: 

Structural  anomalies :                                              Iritis     1 

Choroid  and  Retina: 

Disseminated    choroiditis    10 

Retinitis    pigmentosa    2 

Separated   retina   t 

Retinoblastoma   1 

Optic  Nervb: 

Optic   nerve  atrophy   18 

Miscellaneous  and  Ill-Dbfinbd: 

Amblyopia    6 

Nystagmus     7 

Macular    degeneration    1 

Amaurosis    1 


Albinism     5 

Megalophthalmos  (Bupthalmos)  6 

Microphthalmos     6 

Anophthalmos     2 

Degenerative    changes : 

Disorganized  eyeball    (Phthisis 

Bulb!)    7 


Cornea  : 

Conical    Cornea    1 

Band    keratitis     1 

Leucoma     1 

Keratitis    ulcerative    1  Total  lOS 


The  Etiological  Cause  of  Blindness  is  as  follows : 

70  are  presumably  due  to  hereditary  or  congenital  causes. 
21  are  probably  due  to  infectious  diseases. 

8  are  due  to  trauma. 

6  are  due  to  tumors. 

8  are  due  to  separated  retina. 

1  is  due  to  lead  poisoninsr. 

1  is  due  to  vitamin  A  deficiency. 

A  total  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-two  were  referred  for 
treatment  to  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary.  Thirty 
of  these  were  examined  for  glasses;  twenty-three  had  glasses 
prescribed;  eleven  had  operations. 

Operations  performed: 

Iridectomy    8  Cataract    extraction    1 

Trephine    1  Discission     ^....  1 

Needling  2  Iridotasis    1 

Enucleation    2 


H.  B.  C.  RIEMER,  M.  D. 


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PHYSICIAN'S  REPORT 

The  following  is  the  report  of  the  Medical  Department  at 
Perkins  for  the  year  1944-1945: 

Operations:  Communicabis    Disbash    Pbophylaxis: 

Incision    and    drainage    abscess    in  Shick  Test  241 

groin    1  Immunization    „ 84 

Circumcision    1  Dick    Test    „ 241 

Fractures:  Immunization    43 

Patella    1  X-Ray    Chest    169 

Widal    6 

Communicable  Diseases: 

Scarlet  Fever   1       EPEaAL   VACCINES   Administbbbd  : 

Mumps    15  Cold    vaccine    9 


This  year  more  than  in  previous  ones  we  have  stressed  pre- 
ventive medicine;  and  we  feel  justified  when  we  realize  the  low 
percentage  of  illness  and  school  days  lost  from  illness.  The  com- 
mon cold  was  by  far  the  greatest  offender. 

We  were  sorry  to  lose  Miss  Clark  during  the  year  but  Mrs. 
Jablonske  came  to  the  rescue  and  was  a  very  able  substitute. 

Seventy-four  patients  were  referred  to  specialized  clinics  at 
the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital. 

DERA  KINSEY,  M.  D. 

DENTIST'S  REPORT,  UPPER  SCHOOL 

The  following  is  the  report  of  dental  operations  performed  for 
the  pupils  of  the  Upper  School  for  the  year  1944-1945 : 

Amalgam    Fillings    175  fioot   Canal  Treatments    16 

Cement    Fillings    147  Root  Canal  Fillings    6 

Synthetic    Porcelain    Fillings    25  Tissue    Treatments    10 

Zinc  Oxide  and  Eugenol   Fillings  36  X-rays     17 

Prophylactic    Treatments    44  Extractions    26 

Silver  Nitrate  Treatments   18  Surgical  removal  of  one  tooth 

GEORGE  E.  CROWELL^  D.  M.  D. 


DENTIST'S  REPORT,  LOWER  SCHOOL 

During  the  school  year  ending  June,  1945,  the  following  dental 

work  was  performed  for  the  pupils  attending  the  Kindergarten  for 
the  Blind. 

Alloy  fillings   245              Miscellaneous    treatments     47 

Cement    fillings    15              Silver  nitrate  treatments  119 

Cement  and  Alloy  fillings   7              Temporary    teeth    extracted    18 

Synthetic  porcelain   fillings    14              Upper  school  emergencies  4 

Prophylactic  treatments    110              Number   of    pupils    completed    ....  110 

Number  of  teeth  devitalized  5              Number  of  new  pupils  completed  28 

Number    of    treatments    22              Total  number  of  pupils  treated  ..  114 

REINHOLD  RUELBERG,  D.  M.  D. 
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WORKSHOP   FOR   ADULTS 

THE  YEAR  has  been  a  trying  one,  due  to  the  difificulty  of  secur- 
ing materials,  principally  the  grade  of  ticking  required  for 
horsehair  mattresses.  We  were  forced  to  launder  tickings  which 
ordinarily  would  have  been  replaced  with  new  ones.  Laundering 
takes  more  time,  reducing  production,  so  that  we  could  not  accept 
all  the  mattresses  that  were  offered  to  us  for  renovation.  Many 
of  these  were  from  State  and  city  hospitals  and  institutions,  from 
which  sources  we  received  a  quarter  less  mattresses  than  last  year. 

The  Howe  Memorial  Press  was  very  active,  but  could  not 
supply  all  the  slates  and  other  appliances  ordered  by  the  hospitals 
caring  for  blinded  servicemen  as  well  as  filling  our  usual  orders 
from  individuals.  Unfortunately  in  March  we  lost  by  death  one 
of  our  old  employees,  Carl  A.  Lind,  who  had  been  with  us  nearly 
twenty-six  years.  It  was  impossible  to  replace  him  at  that  time, 
because  every  available  mechanic  was  steered  into  war  work  by 
the  USES,  and  our  output  suffered  accordingly.  However,  our 
men  worked  so  diligently  that  we  sold  a  third  more  braille  abroad 
to  Canada,  Central  America,  and  a  few  to  South  America. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  work  done  and  wages  paid 
in  the  Workshop  Department  during  the  fiscal  years  1944  and  1945 : 

1944  1945 

Mattresses  received  from  institutions,  etc 2,566  2.348 

Mattresses  received  from  individuals   2,196  1,864 

Total  mattresses  received   4,762  4,212 

Mattresses  received  through  the  Division  of  the 

Blind    1,801  1,445 

New  horsehair  sold,  pounds  6,550  5,100 

Customers'  hair  received,  pounds  163,136  145,167 

Mattresses   remade    4,544  4,236 

Chairs  recaned  2,022  1,487 

Wages  paid  to  seamstresses  $3,026.08      $2,562.30 

Wages  paid  to  mattressmakers  11,887.33      12,291.80 

Wages  paid  to  chaircaners  3,376.60        3,292.48 

Total  wages  to  blind  workers  $18,290.01     $18,146.58 

Sales  for  the  year  $57,086.16    $51,837.31 

FRANK  C.  BRYAN. 
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HOWE   MEMORIAL   PRESS 

Work  Account  for  the  Year  Ending  August  31,  1945 

Literature  Pages  Embossed: 

Upper  School,  books,  periodicals,  etc 2,380 

Library  of  Congress,  15  books  in  42  volumes  7,421 

Music  Pages  Embossed: 

Upper  School,  3  instrumental  and  38  vocal  pieces  688 

Lower  School,  7  instrumental  18 


Printing: 

Literature   pages    205,101 

Music   pages    152,567 

Miscellaneous  196,935 


10.507 


554.603 


Made  Distributed        Total 

Appliances  and  Games             this  year  this  year    1907  to  IHS 

Pocket  slates  2,236  2,096  28,372 

Desk  slates  1,244  1,298  33,217 

Card-marking  slates   324  144  620 

Styluses    10,675  11,213  141,573 

Erasers    —  784  9,033 

Perkins  shorthand  braillewriters           25  12  86 

Fiber  writing  boards  2,092  1,732  23,230 

Aluminum    alphabets    215  106  2,263 

Signature  guides  189  176  1,215 

Geometry   instruments    240  264  1,631 

Pegboards    238  245  1,306 

Thermometers   —  51  685 

Games : 

Checkers  515  495  6,076 

Dominoes   476  326  4,099 

Puzzle-Peg    883  254  884 

Anagrams    93  82  219 

Chess    —  23  139 

Chinese  checkers   —  82  290 

Playing  cards  317  223  2,933 

FRANK   C.   BRYAN. 
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SKILLS  — HAND  AND  MACHINE 

Army  Approves  Perkins  Trained  Worker 


LIST  OF   PUPILS 

1945  -  1946 


UPPER  SCHOOL  BOYS 


Applebee,   J.   Albert — Amesbury,   Mass. 
Bertrand,    Norman — Southbridge,    Mass. 
Berube,    Edmund    E. — Fall    River,    Mass. 
Boyd,    Vernon — "West   Lynn,  Mass. 
Broadbent,    Samuel — Rumford,   R.    I. 
Byrnes,   James    M. — Hackensaclt,    N.    J. 
Cahoon,   John — Westerly,  R.  I. 
Cavallo,  Jamca  A. — West  Newton,  Mass. 
Clark,    Richard — Royalston,    Mass. 
Clarke,    Blakely — Tyngsboro,   Mass. 
Conley,    John — East   Dedham,   Mass. 
Cordeau,    Francis — Somerville,    Mass. 
Cotter,    Thomas — ^Roxbury,    Mass. 
Crabb,    Hubert — Houlton,    Maine 
Crane,   Richard — Providence,   R.  I. 
Curtis,    Harold — Belfast,    Maine 
Delaney,    Francis — Boston,   Mass. 
Devine,    James — Boston,    Mass. 
Dcvino,    Francis — Brandon,    Vt. 
Eaton,    Richard — Watertown,   Mass. 
Evensen,    Richard — Roslindale,   Mass. 
Farajji,   JoEn — Saugus,    Mass. 
Flynn,  John   T. — Bangor,   Maine 
Fortes,   Andrew — Harwich,   Mass. 
Fournier,    Arthur — Lowell,   Mass. 
Fried,    Robert — Newtonville,    Mass. 
Garabedian,    Stephen — Cranston,    R.   L 
Grover,   Raymond — Providence,    R.    I. 
Halpen,  William — Fall  River,   Mass. 
Hamer,    Norman — Methuen,   Mass. 
Higgins,    William — Wilder,    Vermont 
Johansen,   Nils — Watertown,  Mass. 
Eamis,    Richard — ^Mattapan,    Mass. 


Keefe,    Lawrence — Woonsocket,    R.    I. 
Khachadoorian,    Gregory — Arlington,    Mass. 
Kiwior,   Bronislaw — Ludlow,  Mass. 
Lewis,    Winfield — Bath,    Maine 
Little,  HoUis— Concord,  N.  H. 
Lopresti,   Joseph — Chelsea,    Mass. 
McKenne,    Thomas    M. — Watertown,    Mass. 
McNally,    Robert — East   Providence,   R.    I. 
Mochernuk,    Roman — Pennsauken,   N.   J. 
Moriarty,    Edward — Arlington,    Mass. 
Mosely,    Edward — ^Arlington,    Mass. 
Murphy,    Edward — Worcester,    Mass. 
Newton,    Robert — Brockton,    Mass. 
Ordonez,    Eduardo — Mexico 
Poaloni,   Raymond — Providence,   R.   I. 
Pereira,   Arthur — Mattapoisett,    Mass. 
Peterson,  "Edmund — AUston,    Mass. 
Phelps,  Robert — Danbury,  N.  H. 
Piela,    Joseph — Chicopee,    Mass. 
Pushard,    Linwood — Richmond,    Maine 
Rogers,    Stephen — Medford,  Mass. 
Roy,   Edward — Arlington,   Mass. 
Salvati,   Anthony — Cranston,   R.   I. 
Sardo,    Anton — Springfield,    Mass. 
Silba,  Martel — Woonsocket,  R.  I. 
Smith,   Edward — East  Tilton,    N.   H. 
St.  Germaine,   Maurice — Woonsocket,   R.   I. 
Surette,    Howard — East   Boston,   Mass. 
Tyler,    Harry — Braintree,    Vermont 
Walhout,    Donald — Lansing,    Michigan 
Walton,   Everett — Saco,   Maine 
Witham,   Allan — Portsmouth,   N.    H. 


UPPER  SCHOOL  GffiLS 


Accorsi,   Elizabeth — Franklin,  Mass. 
Alves,  Anita — New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Appleby,    Dorothy — Cambridge,    Mass. 
Banda,    Theresa — Cambridge,    Mass. 
Barber,    Dorothy — Taunton,    Mass. 
Berarducci,    Joan — Providence,    R.    I. 
Blakely,    Priscilla — ^Medford,    Mass. 
Blanchette,    Esther — Holyoke,   Mass. 
Bouchard,    Laurette — Lynn,    Mass. 
Bourdon,    Natalie — WoUaston,   Mass. 
Brooks,    Elizabeth — Freedom,    N.    H. 
Bull,    Mary    Ethel — Savannah,    Georgia 
Campbell,   Marie — Everett,   Mass. 
Charles,   Shirley— Newark,   N.   J. 


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Cordeau,  Mary  Helen — Somerville,   Mass. 
Corkum,    Jacqueline — Boston,    Mass. 
Dauphinee,   J.   Maurice — Hampden,   Me. 
Delorey,    Elizabeth — Wobum,    Mass. 
Drake,   Marylizabeth — Amherst,   Mass. 
Drinkwine,  Marjorie — Richmond,  Maine 
Gaudreau,    Lorraine — Claremont,    N.    H. 
George,    Faye — South   Barre,   Vermont 
Hajrman,    Margaret — Chelsea,    Mass. 
Hill,    Gloria — Windsor,    Vermont 
Kenny,    Jeanne — Dorchester,    Mass. 
Lally,    Margaret — Brighton,    Mass. 
Landi,    Elena — Providence,    R.    T. 
MacDonald,    Hope — Braintree,    Mass. 


Marrams,    Josephine— Revere,   Mass. 
Martinelli,    Mary— Bridgewater,    Mass. 
Morey,    Elizabeth— West    Wareham,    Mass. 
Mcintosh,    Mariorie— Bedford,    Mass. 
Medeiros,    Stella— Somerville,    Mass. 
Melanson,    Theresa— Worcester,   Mass. 
Miscio.    Rose— Washington,    Pennsylvania 
Mitchell,    Annie— Claremont,    N.    H. 
Murray,    Ethel— Winooski,    Vermont 
Patch,    Joyce — Perkins ville,    Vermont 
Pevear,   Luella — Hampton,   N.   H. 
Pizzano,   Doris— Woburn,  Mass. 


Poole,    Jeanne — Bloomfield,   N.   J. 
Porcaro,    Helena — Providence,    R.    T. 
Porcaro,    Marceline — Providence,    R.    I. 
Robbins,    Mary — Augusta,    Maine 
Roode,    Marilyn — Nashua,    N.    H. 
Rothe,    Clarice,  Reistertown,   Maryland 
Rothermel,    Lillian — Providence,    R.   I. 
Shimokawa,   Hideko — Hawaii 
Sim,    Jane — Peabody,    Mass. 
Wright,   Louise — Pittsfield,   Maine 
Younger,   Lorraine — Roxbury,   Mass. 


DEAF-BLIND  DEPARTMENT 


Casella,  Grace  —  WaRham,  Mass. 
Champ,  James  N.  —  Virgil,   Kansas 
Deleat,    Myrtle  —  Wausaukee,   Wisconsin 
Dowdy,  Leonard  —  Sedalia,  Missouri 
Edmundson,  Carolyn  —  Beckley,  W.  Va. 
Gonyea,    Janice   —   Dalton,   Mass. 


Morgan,   Juanita  —  Buena   Vista,    Colo. 
Otero,   Carmella   —  Newark,   N.   J. 
Norris,    Perry   —   Birmingham,    Alabama 
Rinsem,   Betty  —  Faribault,   Minnesota 
Shipman,   Gloria  —   Cape  Girardeau,   Mo. 


LOWER  SCHOOL  BOYS 


Addy,   Allan   R.— Pawtucket,    R.   I. 
Albee,   Carl — Machias,    Maine 
Almond,    Donald— No.    Dartmouth,   Mass. 
Appleby,    Daniel— Cambridge,    Mass. 
Arsnow,    George— Fall    River,    Mass. 
Raggett,   Lawrence— Boston,   Mass. 
Banda,    Richard— Cambridge,   Mass. 
Bellantoni,    Joseph— Belmont,   Mass. 
Berrouard,   Richard— Chicopee  Falls,   Mass. 
Blake,   George— Rochester,    N.    H. 
Bombardier,    Robert — Rockland,    Mass. 
Bourgoin,    Arthur — Brunswick,    Maine 
Cheever,    David — ^Millis,   Mass. 
Conley,    Paul — East   Dedham,    Mass. 
Coy,    Erwin — Durham,    Maine 
Davis,   Arthur — Bath,   Maine 
Delphia,    Francis— Fitchburg,    Mass. 
Dostie,    Robert — Auburn,   Maine 
Duffy,   Thomas    P.,    Jr. — Amherst,   Mass. 
Fermino,  Robert— New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Finnerty,    Joseph — East    Braintree,    Mass. 
Fournier,  Raymond — Lowell,   Mass. 
Gasper,    Alfred — Taunton,    Mass. 
Germano,  Manuel,  Bristol,  R.  I. 
Hawthorne,    John — Amherst,    Mass. 
Holden,    David — Boston,    Mass. 
Horigan,    Robert — Mattapan,    Mass. 
Irwin,    Gordon — ^Watertown,    Mass. 
Johnson,    Scott — Templeton,    Mass. 
Johnson,   Stephen— W.  Lebanon,   N.  H. 
Kagan,    Stanley — Chicopee,   Mass. 
Leh,    George — Greenfield,   Mass. 
Leotta,   Louis — ^Revere,  Mass. 
Libby,  Alvah — Lincoln,  Maine 
Little,    Tim — Houston,    Texas 
Little,  Donald — Concord,   N.  H. 
Lunden,    Paul — Brattleboro,   Vt. 
Mahoney,    John — ^North  Andover,   Mass. 


Marko,    Lawrence — Chelsea,    Mass. 
Melican,   Walter — Pawtucket,  R.  I. 
McCafferty,   Hugh — ^Mexico,   Maine 
McDonald,   Francis — Sharon,   Mass. 
Morse,    Stanley   E. — Boston,   Mass. 
Murray,    Russell — Woburn,    Mass. 
Nicholas,   Oliver — Lewiston,   Maine 
Nunes,    Ronald — Providence,   R.    I. 
Osborn,    James — Romford,    England 
Paradise,    Maurice — Nashua,    N.    H. 
Perry,    Albert — Hillsgrove,    R.   I. 
Piraino,   James — Gloucester,    Mass. 
Potter,   Bernard — So.    Lubec,    Maine 
Randall,    Roger — Brockton,   Mass. 
Rathburn,   Robert — West  Medford,  Mass. 
Raymond,   Carl — Fairfax,   Vermont 
Reynolds,   Carl — Westford,    Vermont 
Richards,    John — Farmington,    Maine 
Richards,    Paul — ^Dover,    N.   H. 
Roffo,    Daniel — Quincy,   Mass. 
Roy,   Laurent — ^Woonsocket,  R.  I. 
Sargent,    Richard — Windsor,    Vermont 
Savage,    Charles — Machias,   Maine 
Silveria,   Joseph — Newport,   R.   I. 
Skinner,    Gardiner — Danvers,   Mass. 
Smith,    Charles — Medford,    Mass. 
Snow,    Charles — Haverhill,   Mass. 
Snyder,   Edward — Three  Rivers,  Mass. 
Stevens,   John — Jamaica  Plain,   Mass. 
Towle,    James   Henry — ^Walpole,   Mass. 
VasapoUi,   Joseph — Woburn,   Mass. 
Vella,    Louis — South   Boston,    Mass. 
Walsh,   WUliam — Newton,   Mass. 
Weixler,   Donald — Quincy,   Mass. 
Wenning,   Harold  E. — Worcester,  Masi. 
White,    Paul — Somerville,   Mass. 
White,   Lloyd— Rochester,   N.   H. 


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LOWER  SCHOOL  GIRLS 


Accorsi,    Rachel — Franklin,    Mass. 
Baker,   Amelia — Grand   Isle,    Vt. 
Bleakney,   Brenda — Oak  Bluffs,  Mass. 
Boyd,    Janet — Chelmsford,    Mass. 
Boyle,    Maureen — Dracut,    Mass. 
Brown,    Beverly  Ann — ^Woburn,   Mass. 
Cayo,    Irene — Lewiston,   Maine 
Daigneault,    Aline — Worcester,    Mass. 
Dodge,    Carolyn — Warwick,    R.    I. 
Doustou,  Bernadette — Fort  Kent,   Maine 
Dowling,    Patricia — Lawrence,    Mass. 
Doyen,    Marjorie — Bethel,    Maine 
Dunlap,    Elizabeth — New   Orleans,    La. 
Espinola,    Florence — Swansea,    Mass. 
Faucette,    Nancy — Cambridge,    Mass. 
Ferringo,    Josephine — Chelsea,    Mass. 
Forrest,    Maureen — Chicopee,    Mass. 
Frank.    Patricia — Nashua,    N.    H. 
Gauquier,    Ellen — Kingston,    Mass. 
Gerdes,   Helen — Portland,    Maine 
Glines,   Joan — Twin  Mountain,  N.  H. 
Greenlaw,    Dorothy — Auburn,    Maine 
Halekas,    Joyce — Roxbury,    Mass. 
Johnson,    Lillian — Everett,    Mass. 
Lareau,  Mary  Ann — Worcester,   Mass. 
Le  Blanc,   Joan — Framingham,   Mass. 
Lee,  Miriam — Lebanon,  N.  H. 
Leonard,    Ann    Marie — ^Maiden,   Mass. 


Libby,    Virginia — Lincoln,    Maine 
Marcil,    S'ilvia — Chicopee,    Mass. 
Mathews,    Lucy — Cambridge,    Mass. 
McAuliffe,    Barbara — Roxbury,    Mass. 
McClure,   Anne  Marie — Augusta,  Maine 
Mercy,    Cynthia — Jeffersonville,   Vt. 
Merrill,   Nancie — Dover,   N.   H. 
Moreau,    Doris — Lewiston,    Maine 
Nerney,    Carol — North  Attleboro,   Mass. 
Nichols,    Barbara — Essex    Center,    Vt. 
Noddin,    Sandra — ^Ayer,    Mass. 
O'Donnell,   Patricia — Salem,    Mass. 
Olson,    Gloria — Augusta,    Maine 
Pelkey,    Joyce — Bangor,    Maine 
Pike,  Mary   Ellen — Brockton,  Mass. 
Reed,   Anita — Dover,   N.  H. 
Russell,    Patricia — Roxbury,    Mass. 
Ryan,    Judith — Roslindale,    Mass. 
Silvia,    Barbara — Taunton,    Mass. 
Stevens,   Thelma — ^Medfleld,  Mass. 
Stewart,    Irene — Worcester,    Mass. 
Taylor,    Louise — Pittsfield,    Mass. 
Thoresen,    Sylvia   Ann — Lynn,   Mass. 
Tripp,   Judith — W.   Yarmouth,  Mass. 
Wally,    Mary   Ann — Worcester,    Mass. 
Wells,  Marion— Rochester,   N.   H. 
Whitney,    Barbara — ^Worcester,    Mass. 
Yarnell,    Patricia — ^Boston,    Mass. 


State 


ENROLLMENT  BY  STATES  -  OCTOBER  1,  1945 

UPPER  SCHOOL       LOWER  SCHOOL        DEAF-BLIND  TOTAL 


M 

Massachusetts 

37 

Maine 

6 

New  Hampshire 

4 

Vermont 

3 

Rhode  Island 

11 

New   Jersey 

2 

Other   States 

2 

p 

27 
4 
6 
4 
5 
2 
4 


M 

45 

11 

6 

4 
7 


F 

35 

10 

6 

3 

1 


M 


146 
81 
21 
14 
24 
6 
17 


Totals 


66 


61 


76 


66 


268 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 


I.  Acknowledgments  for  Concerts,  Recitals,  and  Dramatics 

To  Mrs.  F.  Rutten  for  two  tickets  to  the  Zimbalist  Concert;  to 
First  National  Bank  for  tickets  to  Sunday  afternoon  concerts  through- 
out the  season. 

II.  Acknowledgments  for  Talks  and  Concerts  in  our  Hall 

To  Mrs.  Winifred  H.  Hathaway,  National  Society  for  the  Pre- 
vention of  Blindness,  for  speaking  in  chapel;  to  Dr.  Robert  Ulich  for 
speaking  at  a  staff  meeting;  to  Mrs.  Ross  Thomas  for  giving  a  talk 
on  India  in  chapel;  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Camille  Girouard  for  a  concert 
in  Dwight  Hall  for  students;  to  Borghild  Dahl,  author  of  "I  Wanted 
to  See,"  for  speaking  in  chapel;  to  Carl  Morse  and  Gloria  Carroll  for 
entertainment  foi  Upper  School  students;  to  Mr.  William  Lawrence 
Marshall,  Jr.,  former  Captain  in  the  Marines,  for  a  talk  on  warfare 
in  the  Pacific;  to  J.  Wendell  Yeo,  Associate  Professor  of  Education 
of  Boston  University  School  of  Education,  for  speaking  on  Vocational 
Guidance  in  chapel;  to  Mr.  Morris  Frank  of  The  Seeing  Eye  for 
speaking  at  a  staff  meeting;  to  Mrs.  Mary  Knapp  Burtt  for  speaking 
in  chapel;  to  The  Rev.  Clement  Welsh  of  Kenyon  College,  Ohio,  for 
speaking  in  chapel;  to  Arthur  F.  Sullivan,  Robert  B.  Irwin,  Robert 
H.  Hallowell,  Dr.  Theodore  L.  Terry,  Dr.  Hugo  B.  C.  Riemer,  Major 
Thomas  J.  Cavanaugh  for  taking  part  in  the  program  held  at  Perkins, 
"Changing  Fronts  in  the  Fields  of  the  Blind";  to  Sgt.  Ralph  Robbins, 
Community  Fund,  for  speaking  in  chapel;  to  Dr.  Hugo  B.  C.  Riemer 
for  four  lectures  to  the  Harvard  Class;  to  Miss  Ruth  Hayden,  author 
of  "Erma  at  Perkins,"  for  lecture  to  the  Harvard  Class;  to  MRS. 
Winifred  Hathaway  for  two  lectures  to  the  Harvard  Class;  to  Mr. 
Arthur  F.  Sullivan  for  four  lectures  to  the  Harvard  Class;  to 
Mrs.  Eunice  W.  Wilson  of  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary 
for  a  lecture  to  the  Harvard  Class;  to  Miss  Ethel  Parker,  home 
teacher,  for  a  lecture  to  the  Harvard  Class;  to  Dr.  Berthold  Lowenfeld 
for  a  talk  on  the  making  of  talking  books  in  chapel;  to  Philip  iSu 
Platt,  Ph.D.,  Director  of  The  Lighthouse,  New  York  City,  for 
speaking  about  that  organization. 

To  the  Cenacle  Convent  and  Boston  College  for  Christmas  parties 
and  gifts  to  the  boys  and  girls. 

To  the  clergy  of  Watertown  for  chapel  talks  during  the  Lenten 
season. 

To  the  patriotic  organizations  of  Watertown  for  exercises  in 
commemoration  of  Memorial  Day. 

III.  Acknowledgments  for  Books  and  Periodicals 

Embossed  Periodicals — All  Story  Braille  Magazine,  Arkansas 
Braille  News,  Braille  Courier,  Braille  Book  Review,  Braille  Star 
Theophist,  Campus  News,  Catholic  Digest,  Catholic  Messenger,  Catholic  ; 
Review,  Children's  Friend,  Christian  Record,  Christian  Science  Bible  i; 
Lessons,  Church  Herald  for  the  Blind,  Discovery,  The  Evangel,  Forward 
Day  by  Day,  Herald  of  Christian  Science,  Home  Teacher,  Illinois 
Braille  Messenger,  The  Illuminator,  Indiana  Recorder,  International 
Braille  Magazine,  Jewish  Braille  Review,  John  Milton  Magazine, 
Junior  Evangel,  Lions  Juvenile  Braille  Monthly,  Lutheran  Messenger 
for  the  Blind,  Lux  Vera,  Maryland  Oriole,  Matilda  Ziegler  Magazine, 
Messenger  of  the  Sightless,  Ohio  Ray,  Our  Special,  Red  and  White, 
Reader's  Digest,  School  Journal,  The  Searchlight,  Texas  Meteor,  Unity 
Daily  Work,  Weekly  News,  Wee  Wisdom. 

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Ink  Pnnt  Periodicals  —  Alabama  Messenger,  Arizona  Cactus,  Colo- 
rado Index,  Dawn,  Desde  las  Sombras,  Du  Pont  Magazine,  Light,  Los 
Ciegos,  Luces,  Maryland  Oriole,  Ohio  Ray,  Optimist,  Our  Dumb  Animals, 
Red  and  White,  Rocky  Mountain  Leader,  Royer-Greaves  Monthly,  St. 
Dunstan's  Review,  The  Seer,  Utah  Eagle,  Virginia  Guide,  Welfare 
Bulletin,  West  Virginia  Tablet. 

To  Mrs.  Fred  Beebe,  Minnie  H.  Benedict,  Helen  Campbell, 
Margaret  M.  Donnelly,  Alma  Googins,  Amy  Gould  Grant,  Grace 
Gould  Hallowell,  Beulah  M.  Hayes,  Edith  Anna  Hemingway,  Con- 
stance O.  Hubbard,  Madeleine  Jacobs,  C.  S.  Meserve,  Ora  Metzlek, 
Anne  Nelson  Olmsted,  Leola  Hutton  Owen,  Jessie  P.  Pecker,  and 
Annette  P.  Stevenson  for  hand-transcribed  books  for  the  Lower 
School. 

To  Mary  DeWitt,  Mabel  Conant  Manning,  Ruth  Rementer,  and 
Edith  Schaeffer  Taylor  for  hand-transcribed  books  for  the  circulating 
library  of  the  Upper  School. 

To  The  Female  Protestant  Episcopal  Prayer-Book  Society  of 
Pennsylvania,  Mellinrockrodt  High  School  of  Wilmette,  Illinois, 
Mrs.  Irving  Meredith,  Pennsylvania  Institution  for  the  Blind, 
George  A.  Smith  and  George  Tall,  Jr.,  for  embossed  books. 

To  Mrs.  John  Barres,  Charles  E.  Buell,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Plain 
Dealer,  Iva  Comstock,  Frances  McGaw,  Maurine  Nilsson,  Water- 
town  Tuberculosis  Association,  Allen  Witham,  and  Yale  Periodi- 
cals for  ink  print  books. 

To  the  American  Printing  House  for  the  Blind,  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  and  its  patrons  for  talking  book  copies  of  the  Reader's 
Digest. 

National  Braille  Press,  Boston;  Orange  and  Maplewood,  New 
Jersey,  Chapters,  Southeastern  Pennsylvania  Chapter  and  New 
York  Chapter  American  Red  Cross  for  binding  many  copies  of  hand- 
transcribed  books. 

IV.    Acknowledgments  of  Gifts 

To  the  Daughters  op  Vermont  for  Christmas  gifts  for  the  children 
of  Vermont;  to  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind  for  gifts  of  clothing 
and  Christmas  gifts  for  the  pupils;  to  the  Shawmut  Lodge  for  a  dona- 
tion of  money  to  be  spent  for  the  benefit  of  pupils  at  Christmas  time; 
to  the  Firnabank  Club  of  Boston  for  Christmas  gifts  for  the  pupils; 
to  Miss  Jeannette  George  for  a  donation  of  money  to  be  used  for 
Christmas  gifts;  to  Mr.  J.  H.  Johnson  for  a  donation  of  money  to  be 
used  for  Christmas  gifts ;  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Grandin  for  donations 
of  money  to  two  boys  at  Christmas. 

To  the  Dean  Foundation  for  gifts  of  money  for  needy  children; 
to  Mr.  David  Baird  for  donations  of  money  throughout  the  year;  to  the 
Boston  Host  Lions  Club  for  a  donation  of  money  to  be  used  to  buy 
glass  eyes  and  pay  for  medical  care  of  pupils;  to  Miss  Margaret  Harty 
for  a  donation  of  money. 

To  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Holmes  for  records  of  American  bird  songs  in 
memory  of  her  mother,  Sophronia  Funk;  to  Mr.  A.  T.  Parker  for  a 
donation  of  money  to  be  used  for  the  library;  to  Young  People's  Fel- 
lowship op  Christ  Church,  Needham,  for  contributing  money  for 
Christmas  gifts  for  seven  of  the  pupils;  to  Miss  Jessica  A.  Keating 
for  a  donation  of  money  for  children's  Christmas,  and  for  a  subscrip- 
tion to  'Jack  and  Jill"  magazine  in  Braille  for  Lower  School  children; 
to  Mrs.  Charles  Mukle  for  gift  of  medals  and  money  to  the  boys. 

To  Mrs.  Morris  H.  Rovner  for  boxes  of  candy,  nuts,  and  cookies; 
to  Frederick  B.  Hawes  for  donations  of  money;  to  the  Third  Grade 
Rollstone  Congregational  Church  of  Fitchburg  for  a  box  of  domi- 
noes; to  Mr.  Walcott  E.  Sibley  for  a  child's  violin;  to  Mrs.  Peter 

53 


Ratzkops  for  a  metronome;  to  Mrs.  Anthony  Cavallo  for  a  piano 
for  the  Tuning  Department;  to  Father  Connolly  for  several  musical 
instruments. 

To  Mrs.  William  E.  Beggs  for  a  gift  of  money  to  Howe  Memorial 
Press;  to  Mr.  George  A.  Smith  for  a  braille  writer;  to  Mrs.  Sigfried 
HiRSCH  for  a  gift  of  clothing. 

To  Mrs.  Billotte  and  groups  of  Melrose,  Massachusetts,  for 
Christmas  and  Easter  hospitalities  to  children  and  for  gifts  of  clothing; 
to  the  Mobile  Canteen  Unit  of  the  Metropolitan  Red  Cross  for  gifts  of 
doughnuts. 

To  the  Brownie  Pack  of  the  Mary  Lee  Burbank  School  for  a 
social  afternoon;  to  the  Junior  League  of  Boston  for  an  invitation  to 
attend  the  Christmas  production  of  Pinocchio. 

To  Boston  Committee  for  the  Blind  for  making  it  possible  for 
boys  to  attend  summer  camp. 

To  Miss  Lydia  K.  Masters  and  her  many  assistants  at  the 
Watertown  Public  Library  for  kind  and  understanding  treatment  of  our 
students  in  helping  them  with  their  reading  problems. 

To  the  Traveller's  Aid  for  assistance;  to  the  Forsyth  Dental 
School  for  services  to  pupils. 


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STATEMENT  OF  ACCOUNTS 

Boston,  Massachusetts 
September  27,  1945. 
To  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
Perkins  Institution  and  Massaclvusetts  School  for  the  Blind: 

I  have  audited  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Institution  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending^  August  31,  1945  and  have  found  that  all  income 
from  investments  and  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  securities  have  been 
accounted  for,  and  that  the  donations,  miscellaneous  receipts,  as  shown 
by  the  books,  have  been  deposited  in  bank  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Institution.  I  have  vouched  all  disbursements  and  verified  the 
bank  balances  as  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year.  All  securities,  as 
shown  by  the  books,  were  properly  accounted  for  by  certification  of  the 
custodians.  In  my  opinion,  the  accompanying  statements  covering  the 
Institution,  Howe  Memorial  Press  Fund  and  Kindergarten  correctly 
set  forth  the  income  and  expenses  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  August  31, 
1945. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

John  Montgomery 
Certified    Public    Accountant. 
INSTITUTION 
Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1945 
Assets 
Plant: 

Real  Estate,  Watertown,  less  depre- 
ciation          $    331,255.03 

Real  Estate,  South  Boston  91,000.00 

Real  Estate,  Boston,  less  depreciation  39,686.44      $    461,941.47 

Equipment: 

Tools,  etc $       5,379.95 

Furniture  and   Household   7,776.76 

Music  Department  24,460.20 

Library   Department   128,472.46 

Works   Department   18,123.66  184,213.03 

Investments : 

Real   Estate,  less  depreciation   $    209,026.06 

Securities    2,474,896.56 

Securities,  Varnum  Fund  201,108.06 

Mortgages  Receivable  3,371.86       2,888,402.54 

Inventory  of  provisions  and  supplies  10,455.46 

Accounts   Receivable    841.83 

Cash    137,375.07 

Total    $3,683,229.40 

Liabilities 

General  Account  %   165,116.46 

Funds  and  Legacies: 

General    $2,559,660.20 

Permanent    632,238.09 

Special  283,078.32       3,474,976.61 

Unexpended  Income,  special  funds  17,883.65 

Accounts  Payable  7,456.91 

Vouchers  Payable  5,447.40 

Withholding   Tax    1,348.37 

Reserve  for  deferred  maintenance  11,000.00 

Total    $3,683,229.40 

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Treasurer's  Condensed  Income  Account 
Year  Ending  August  31,  1945 
Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes     $    104,324.90 

Interest  from  special  funds  11,402.89 

Interest  and  dividends,  Varnum  Fund  ....  10,045.50      $    125,773.29 


Add:  Rent,  net  income  1,684.74 

Donations  11,798.24 

Annuities     504.20 

Miscellaneous    8.35 

Tuition  and  board,  Massachusetts  ....  34,230.00 

Tuition  and  board,  Others  31,668.96  65,898.96 


Total    205,667.78 

Less:  Special  fund  income  to  special  fund  accounts  11,402.89 


Net  income  available  for  general  purposes  194,264.89 

Expenses : 

Pensions    6,252.20 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses  ....  3,036.46 
Depreciation  and  expense,  133  New- 
bury Street  618.19 

Fire  insurance  premiums  409.78 

Net  charge  to  Director   (see  detailed 

statement)  181,154.60          191,471.23 


Income  in  excess  of  expenses  $       2,793.66 

Director's  Expense  Account 
Institution  and  Kindergarten  Combined 
Year  Ending  August  31,  1945 
Administration : 


Salaries    

^      21,805.77 
2,463.75 
2,302.66 
533.90      % 

?     27,106.08 

22,265.25  ' 

■ 
84,809.68 

Supplies  

Telephone  and  telegraph 
Publicity    

$  5,187.62 
711.21 

Special  Departments 

Library  salaries    

5,898.83 

6,466.12 

375.80 

9,524.50 

46,233.37 

13,895.81 

13,311.12 

452.80 
10,916.58 

Library   supplies   

Health  salaries   

Health   supplies   

Hospitalization  

Personnel  salaries  

Personnel  supplies   

5,015.00 
1,451.12 

9,150.00 
374.50 

Education : 

Literary  salaries  

Literary  supplies  

44,158.82 
2,074.55 

Manual  training  salaries 
Manual  training  supplies 

13,760.00 
135.81 

Music  salaries   

Music    supplies    

Depreciation     music     de- 
partment     

Deaf -blind  salaries  

Deaf-blind  supplies  

12,239.59 
1,071.53 

10,751.25 
165.33 

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Household : 

Salaries  $     41,691.27 

Food  40,838.74 

Furnishings  and  supplies 6,271.86 

Laundry  salaries    4,609.34 

Laundry  supplies   320.52 

Depreciation     on     furnishings     and 

household  equipment   1,522.65     $     95,254.38 

Maintenance : 

Engineers'   salaries    $18,050.08 

Light,    heat,    power,    re- 
pairs and  supplies  29,086.65  47,136.73 

Building   salaries    11,319.39 

Building  supplies  and  re- 
pairs          6,808.77  18,128.16 

Grounds    salaries    8,628.42 

Grounds   supplies   1,599.73  10,228.15 

Depreciation  on  (buildings, 

Watertown    26,202.11 

Depreciation  on  tools  and 

equipment   1,064.84  102,759.99 

Other  Expenses: 

Automobile   1,305.81 

Liability   and   automobile 

insurance    1,863.99 

Pension      re-  ' 

tirement 
plan    13,293.73 

Less :  con- 
tributed by 
employees  3,671.80        9,621.93 


Loss  on  bad  debts  $         1.00 

Industrial  department  ....  63.31 

Tuning  department   4,072.20 

Net  loss,  Works  Depart- 
ment      2,043.84    $       18,972.08 

Less:  Credits: 

Discounts    $     300.98 

Industrial  department  ....  3.20 

Tuning  income   4,348.46 

Bad  debts  recovered  5.50 

Sale  of  old  pianos  15.50 

Miscellaneous    25.56              4,699.20    $      14,272.88 


Net  charge  to  Director  $    346,468.26 

Amount  applicable  to  Institution  De- 
partment       $     181,154.60 

Amount  applicable  to  Kindergarten  De- 
partment      $    165,313.66    $    346,468.26 

Special  Funds  Income  Account 

On  hand,  September  1.  1944 $     16,649.73 

Add:   Income  1944-1945   11.402.89 

Total    $      28,052.62 

Distributed  10,168.97 

Unexpended  income  August  31,  1945  $      17,883.65 

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WORKS  DEPARTMENT 

Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1945 

Assets 

Cash     ■. $  739.83 

Accounts  receivable   4,278.58 

Merchandise  inventory  7,611.10 

Machinery  and  tools   2,889.90 

Furniture  and  fixtures  2,452.34 

Auto  trucks  151.91 


Total    $       18,123.66 

Liabilities 

Main    Office   $      20,167.50 

Less:  net  loss 2,043.84  18,123.66 


Total    $       18,123.66 

Revenue 

Sales    $      51,837.31 

Expenditures 

Materials   used    $       13,566.65 

Salaries  and  wages  35,076.70 

General  expense   3,627.98 

Auto  trucks  expense  1,138.72 


Total  Expenditures   $       53,410.05 

Loss   $        1,572.74 

Add:  Depreciation  on  fixed  assets  $  658.68 

Loss  on  bad  debts  52.45 


I  $  711.13 

Less:   Bad  debts  recovered $  5.05 

Miscellaneous    income    234.98  240.03  471.10 


Net  loss  for  year  ending  August  SI,  19^.5  $         2,043.84 

INSTITUTION  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1945 
Special  funds: 

Alumnae   Association    Scholarship    Fund    $     1,600.00 

Anonymous     100.00 

Charles   S.   Adams    (Christmas   Fund)    200.00 

Robert  C.  BiUings    (for  deaf,  dumb  and  blind)    4,000.00 

Mary  Alice  Butler    (for  reading  matter  for  the  blind)    8,703.62 

Deaf-Blind  Fund   76.704.50 

John  D.  Fisher   (education  teachers  and  others)    5,230.00 

Joseph  B.  Glover    (for  blind  and  deaf)    6,000.00 

John   Goldthwait   Fund    (charitable)    1,333.15 

Harris    Fund    (outdoor    relief)     26,667.00 

Godfrey  M.  Hyams  Trust    (for  Blind  Babies'  Project)    2,960.09 

Henry  Clay  Jackson   Fund    (for  deaf -blind)    83,456.60 

Maria  Kemble  Oliver  Fund   (concert  tickets)   15,000.00 

James    Osbom    Fund    8,392.17 

Prescott  Fund    (education  teachers  and  others)    21,231.45 

Elizabeth  P.   Putnam    (higher  education) 1.000.00 

Richard  M.  Saltonstall   (use  Trustees)    3,000.00 

A    Schuman   Clothing   Fund    1.000.00 

Augustine  Schurleff  Fund    (for  deaf,   dumb  and  blind)    1,760.00 

Anne  E.  Stodder   (to  find  emplosrment  for  blind  workers)    3,000.00 

Mary    J.    Straw    500.00 

Thomas  Stringer  Fund   (care  of  T.  S.,  etc.)    16,880.82 

Jtdia  E.  Turner   (education  of  worthy  needy)    6,369.42 


$288,078.82 


58 


Permanent  Funds  (income  for  general  purposes) 


George    Baird    Fund    $       12,895.21 

Charles    Tidd    Baker    Fund  17,230.25 

Charlotte   BiUings    Fund    ..  40,507.00 

Frank    W.    Boles    76,329.02 

Stoddard    Capen    Fund    ....  13,770.00 
Jennie   M.   Colby,  in  mem- 
ory  of    100.00 

Ella  Newman  Curtis  Fund  2,000.00 

Stephen    Fairbanks    10,000.00 

David   H.    Fanning    5,010.56 

Helen    Osborne    Gary    10,000.00 

Harris  Fund   (general  pur- 
poses)       53,333.00 

Harriet  S.   Hazeltine  Fund  5,000.00 

Benjamin   Humphrey    25,000.00 

Prentiss    M.    Kent    2,500.00 

Sir  Charles  W.  Lindsay  ....  9,008.93 

Kate   M.    Morse   Fund    5,000.00 

Jonathan    E.    Pecker    950.00 

Richard    Perkins    20,000.00 

Henry   L.    Pierce    20,000.00 

Mrs.    Marilla    L.    Pitts,    in 

memory   of    B.OOO.OO 


Frederick  W.  Prescott,  en- 
dowment          $      25,838.95 

Frank  Davison  Rust  Mem- 
orial      4,000.00 

Samuel    E.    Sawyer    2,174.77 

Margaret    A.    Simpson    ....  968.57 

Caroline    A.    Slack    10,000.00 

Charles     Frederick     Smith 

Fund     8,663.00 

Timothy     Smith     2,000.00 

Mary    Lowell    Stone    Fund  4,000.00 

George  W.  Thym  Fund  ....  5,054.66 

Alfred    T.     Turner    1,000.00 

Thomas    Upham    Fund    ....  4,950.00 

Levina    B.    Urbino    500.00 

William   Varnum   Fund   ....  201,406.67 

Vaughan    Fund    10,553.50 

Ann   White  Vose  12,994.00 

Charles    L.    Young    6,000.00 

$632,238.09 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) ; 


Elizabeth   B.   Allen    

Nora  Ambrose,  in  mem- 
ory of   

James   H.  Anderson   

James    H.    Anderson    

Charlotte    H.    Andrews    .... 

Ellen    S.    Bacon    

Elizabeth    B.    Bailey    

Eleanor   J.    W.   Baker    

Calvin    W.    Barker    

Lucy  B.  Barker,  in  mem- 
ory  of    

Marianne  R.    Bartholomew 

Francis     Bartlett     

Elizabeth    Howard    Bartol 

Mary    Bartol    

Thompson    Baxter    

Samuel    Benjamin     

Robert    C.    BiUings    

George   Nixon    Black    

Susan    A.    Blaisdell    

Dehon    Blake     

Mary    Blight    

George   W.    Boyd    

William   T.    Bolton    

Caroline   E.    Boyden    

Mary   I.    Brackett    

J.   Putnam  Bradlee   

Charlotte  A.  Brads treet  .... 

Ellen  F.  Bragg  

Max    Brenner    

Lucy  S.   Brewer   

Florence    N.    Bridgman    .... 

J.    Edward    Brown    

Maria    A.    Burnham    

T.   O.    H.   P.    Burnham    .... 

Abbie  Y.   Burr   

Annie  E.  Caldwell  

Emma    C.    Campbell    

Lydia    E.    Carl    

Ellen  G.   Gary   

Katherine   F.    Casey    

Edward  F.   Gate   

Robert  R.  Centre,  in  mem- 
ory    of     ; 

Fanny   Channing    

Emily    D.    Chapman    

Mary  F.   Cheever    

Ida    May    Chickering    

Alice   I.    Cobb    

Laura  Cohen  


500.00 

300.00 

62.26 

28,303.92 

15,169.87 

5,000.00 

3,000.00 

2,500.00 

1.859.32 

5,953.21 

2,000.00 

2,600.00 

5,000.00 

300.00 

322.60 

260.00 

25,000.00 

10,000.00 

5,832.66 

600.00 

7,220.99 

5,000.00 

555.22 

1,930  39 

5,263.33 

294,162.53 

23,273.49 

8,006.68 

200.00 

10,215.36 

500.00 

100,000.00 

10,000.00 

5,000.00 

200.00 

4,000.00 

1,000.00 

3,412.01 

50,000.00 

100.00 

5,000.00 

10,000.00 
2,000.00 
1,000.00 
200.00 
1,052.03 
2,000.00 
87.00 


Ann  Eliza  Colburn  $        6,000.00 

Susan  J.  Conant   500.00 

William  A.    Copeland   1,000.00 

Augusta  E.   Corbin    20,644.82 

Jennie   L.    Cox    1,948.60 

Louise    F.    Crane   6,000.00 

W.  Murray  Crane   10,000.00 

Harriet  Otis   Gruft   6,000.00 

David   Cummings    7,723.07 

Arthur    B.    Curtis    1,722.25 

Chastine   L.    Gushing    500.00 

I.    W.    Danforth    2,500.00 

Kate  Kimball  Danforth  ....  250.00 

Charles   L.   Davis   1,000.00 

Etta    S.    Davis    8,027.87 

Susan   L.    Davis    1,500.00 

Joseph   Descalzo   1,000.00 

Elsie   C.    Disher    163,250.07 

John  H.  Dix   10,000.00 

Mary    Frances    Drown    20,764.70 

Alice  J.   H.   DwineU   200.00 

Amelia   G    Dyer   40,043.00 

Ella   I.   Eaton    1,669.50 

Mary  Agnes   Eaton   3,660.91 

Mary    E.    Eaton    5,000.00 

WiUiam   Eaton    500.00 

David  J.   Edwards   500.00 

Ann   J.   Ellis    1,023.00 

A.    Silver   Emerson    500.00 

Martha  S.  Ensign   2,505.48 

Orient  H.  Eustis   500.00 

JEugene   Fanning    50.00 

Sarah  M.   Farr   64,247.43 

Mortimer    C.    Ferris    Mem- 
orial       1,000.00 

Annie  M.   Findley  500.00 

Anna    G.    Fish    10,583.25 

Thomas    B.    Fitzpatrick    ....  1,000.00 

John    Forrest    1,000.00 

Ann   Maria    Fosdick    14,333.79 

Nancy    H.    Fosdick    8,937.21 

Sarah    E.    Foster    200.00 

Mary  Helen  Freeman   1,000.00 

Cornelia  Anne   French   10,000.00 

Martha    A.    French    164.40 

Ephraim    L.    Frothingham  825.97 

Jessie  P.   Fuller   200.00 

Thomas    Gaffield    6,685.38 

Albert    Glover    1,000.00 

Joseph  B.  Glover   5,000.00 

Benjamin  H.  Goldsmith  ....  11,199.68 


59 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes)— continued 


Charlotte  L.  Goodnow  $ 

Maria  W.  Gouldins  

Charles    G.    Green    

Amelia   Greenbaum   

Mary   Louise  Greenleaf   .... 

Ellen  Page  Hall  

Ellen  Hammond   

Helen   P.   Harvison   

Hattie   S.    Hathaway    

Jertisha   F.    Hathaway   

Lucy    Hathaway    

Edward  J.  and  Georgia  M. 

Hathorne    Fund    

Charles    H.    Hayden    

John  C.  Haynes   

Mary  E.   T.    Healy   

Alice    Gushing    Hersey,    in 

memory    of    

Joseph  H.   Heywood   

Ira    Hiland    

Stanley    B.    Hildreth    

George  A.  Hill  

Margaret  A.  Holden   

Theodore  C.  Hollander  .... 
Margaret  J.  Hourihan  .... 
Charles   Sylvester 

Hutchinson     

Katharine    C.    Ireson    

Eliza  J.  Kean  

Marie   L.    Keith    

Harriet  B.    Kempster   

Ernestine  M.   Kettle  

B.  Marion  Keyes   

Lulu    S.    Kimball   

Grace  W.   King   

Lydia    F.    Knowles    

Davis   Krokyn   

Catherine  M.   Lamson   

James  J.  Lamson   

Siisan  M.    Lane   

Jane   Leader    

Lewis  A.  Leland   

Benjamin    Levy    

E.   E.   Linderholm   

William   Litchfield   

Mary  1'.   Locke   

Hannah  W.  Loring  

Adolph  S.  Lundin  

Susan  B.   Lyman   

Agnes   J.  MacNevin  

Mary  Ella  Mann   

Blanche    Osgood    Mansfield 

Stephen   W.    Marston   

Elizabeth   S.  Martin   

William   H.   Maynard   

Cora    Mclntire    

Charles   Merriam    

Mary  H.  Miller  

Olga  E.  Monks  

George  Montgomery   

Martha  H.   Morss    

Louise     Chandler    Moulton 

Bequest    

Mary  A.   Muldoon   

Mary   T.   Murphy    

Sarah  EUa  Murray  

Sarah  M.   Nathan   

Joseph  F.   Noera  

Richard  W.  Nutter  

EUa  Nye  

Emily  C.   O'Shea   

Sarah  Irene   Parker  

William     Prentiss     Parker 
George    Francis    Parkman 

Grace    Parkman     

Philip  G.   Peabody   

Elizabeth   W.    Perkins    .._.. 
Ellen  F.  Perkins   


6.471.23 

2.332.48 

45,837.70 

500.00 

199,189.94 

10,037  78 

1,000:00 

1,000.00 

600.00 

5,000.00 

4,677.00 

60,017.68 

32,461.01 

1,000.00 

200.00 

8,000  00 

500.00 

3,893.37 

6.000.00 

100.00 

8,708.32 

3,016.00 

200.00 

2.166.00 

62,037,62 

59,209  91 

2.000.00 

1.144.13 

9,975.00 

6,360.00 

10,000.00 

100.00 

60.00 

100.00 

6.000.00 

750.00 

815.71 

8.544.31 

416.67 

600.00 

605.66 

7,951.48 

8,361.89 

9.600.00 

100.00 

4,809.78 

78,968.67 

250.00 

1,000.00 

5,000.00 

1,000.00 

22,821.66 

6,862.60 

1,000.00 

1,512.50 

2,600  00 

5.140;00 

3.000.00 

7.891.65 

100.00 

10,000.00 

8,000.00 

600.00 

2.000.00 

2.000.00 

50.00 

1.000.00 

699.41 
2,500.00 
60.000.00 

500.00 
1.200.00 
2,000.00 
2.500.00 

60 


Edward   D.    Peters   $  600.00 

Clara  F.   Pierce   2,005.56 

Clara   J.    Pitts    2,000.00 

George  F    Poland   75.00 

Elizabeth   B.    Porter   6.449.60 

George  M.  Whidden  Porter  22.700.48 

Sarah   E.    Pratt    2.988.34 

Sarah  S.   Pratt  6,000.00 

Francis    I.    Proctor   10,000.00 

Grace  E.   Reed   6,054.25 

Carrie  P.  Reid   679.51 

Leonard   H.    Rhodes    1,012.77 

Mabelle   H     Rice    3,750.00 

Matilda   B.    Richardson    ....  300.00 

William    L.    Richardson    ....  50,000.00 

Anne  Augusta  Robinson....  212.20 

Julia   M.   Roby   500.00 

Robert   Rodgers    100.00 

Barbara   S.    Ross    2,740.36 

Henrietta  Goodrich 

Rothwell    500.00 

Mary  L.  Ruggles   8.000.00 

Elizabeth  H.  Russell  500.00 

Marian   Russell   6.000.00 

Nancy   E     Rust    2.640.00 

Emily  E.   St.  John   6.015.00 

Joseph    Schofield    2,600.00 

Sarah  E.   Seabury  3.116.01 

Edward  O.   Seccomb  1,000.00 

Richard  Black  Sewell  25.000.00 

Charles    F.    Sherman    2,000.00 

Robert    F.     ShurtleflE    1.432.94 

Carrie  Etta   SUloway   6,429.88 

John    Simonds    60.00 

Arthur    A.    Smith    10.000  00 

EUen  V.  Smith  25.000.00 

Esther   W.    Smith    6,000.00 

Sarah  F.  Smith  3,000.00 

The   Maria    Spear   Bequest 

for  the   Blind   15.000.00 

Henry  F.   Spencer  1.000.00 

Charlotte  S.   Sprague  13,222.56 

Adella  E.  Stannard  1.631.78 

Cora  N.   T.   Steams   63,568  50 

Henry  A.   Stickney   2.410.00 

Lucretia  J.    Stoehr   2.967.26 

Joseph   C.    Storey   122,531.68 

Edward   C.    Sullivan    2,000.00 

Sophronia  S.  Sunbury  365.19 

Emma  B.   Swasey  2,250.00 

Mary  F.   Swift  1.391.00 

William  Taylor  893  36 

Mabel    E.    Thompson    8,187.23 

Joanna   C.   Thompson    1,000.00 

William    Timlin    7.820.00 

Alice  W.  Torrey  71,660.00 

Evelyn  Wyman  Towie  6,820.00 

Sarah  E.  Trott  2,886.86 

Mary  Wilson   Tucker   481.11 

George   B.    Upton    10.000.00 

Maude  C.  Valentine  1,884.22 

Charles    A.    Vialle   1.990  00 

Abbie   T.   Vose  1.000.00 

Nancie  S.   Vose   300.00 

Horace  W.   Wadleigh   2,000.00 

Joseph  K.   Wait  8,000.00 

Harriet   Ware   1,952.02 

Allena  F.  Warren  2,828.33 

William   H.   Warren    4,073.17 

Charles   F.   Webber   30,915.93 

Eleanore  C    Webb   5,314.96 

Mary  Ann  P.  Weld  2,000.00 

Oliver  M.  Wentworth  300.00 

Cordelia   H.    Wheeler   800.00 

Opha   J.    Wheeler    8.086.77 

Ruth  E.  Whitmarsh   1.000.00 

Sarah    L.    Whitmarsh    2,000.00 

Samuel  Brenton   Whitney..  1.000.00 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) — Concluded 

Esther  F.   Wright   $        6,006.38 

Thomas    T.    Wyman    20.000.00 

Fanny    Young    8,000.00 

William  B.  Young  1,000.00 

$2,559,660.20 
$3,474,976.61 


Adelia  C.  Williams    

$ 

1,000.00 

Judson   Williams    

3,628.46 

Lucy   B    Wilson,   in   mem- 

ory of    

800.00 

Mehitable  C.  C.  Wilson  .... 

543.75 

Nettie    R.    Winn    

1,000.00 

HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1945 
Special  funds: 

Adeline  A.   Douglas    (printing  raised   characters)    $  5,000.00 

Harriet  S.  Hazeltine    (printing  raised  characters)    2,000.00 

Thomas   D.    Roche    (publication   non-sectarian   books)    1,883.84 

J.    Pauline    Schenki    (printing)     10,955.26 

Deacon  Stephen  Stickney  Fund   (books,  maps  and  charts)    5,000.00 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) : 

BeggB    Fund    $  1,000.00 

Joseph   H.    Center   1,000.00 

Augusta     WeDs     i 10,290.00 


$24,839.10 


12,290.00 
$37,129.10 


!                              HOWE  MEMORIAL   PRESS  FUND 

!  Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1945 

Assets 

Equipment  and  Supplies: 

Machinery  $  2,000.62 

Furniture  and  fixtures  119.20 

Printing  inventory  2,367.47 

Appliances  inventory  4,798.15 

Embossing  inventory  1,419.97 

Stationery,  etc.,  inventory  1,345.16     $     12,050.57 

Investments : 

Securities    $   291.498.79 

Accounts  receivable  2,252.94 

Cash  9,720.17 

Total    $    315,522.47 

Liabilities 

General  account   $   277,792.57 

Funds  and  legacies: 

Special  $     24,839.10 

General   12,290.00  37,129.10 


Accounts   payable    600.80 

Total    $    315,522.47 

Treasurer's  Condensed  Income  Account 
Year  Ending  August  31,  1945 

Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes  $      ■'^'^'■^92.26 

Interest  and  dividends,  special  funds   1,181.70 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes  $     15,373.96 

Expenses: 

Pensions    $  600.00 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses  ..  171.67 

Net  charge  to  Manager  (see  detailed  .,„„-,«,•  io  Aoan-i 

statement)    12,711.04  13.482.71 

Income  in  excess  of  expenses  $       1,891.25 

61 


Manager's  Expense  Account 

Year  Ending  August  31,  1945 

Maintenance  and  operation  of  plant: 

Embossing    $        5,613.81 

Printing    8,148.11 

Appliances    13,675.73 

Stationery  618.99 

Library   1,547.00 

Depreciation  on  machinery  and  equip- 
ment    235.55 

Salaries  2,800.00 

Miscellaneous  72.39 

Pension  retirement  plan  ....      $358.56 
Less:  contributed  by  em- 
ployees          179.28  179.28 

Loss  on  bad  debts  12.26     $     32,903.12 

Less: 

Discounts    $            48.27 

Sale  of  appliances  11,762.98 

Sale  of  books,  music,  etc 8,375.53 

Miscellaneous    income    5.30     $     20,192.08 


Net  charge  to  Manager  $      12,711.04 

KINDERGARTEN 
Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1945 
Assets 
Plant: 

Real  Estate,  Watertown,  less  depreciation  $    270,198.56 

Equipment : 

Furniture  and  household  $       5,927.11 

Tools,  etc 2,603.02 

Music  Department  7,515.00 

Library  Department   86.59  16,131.72 


Investments : 

Real  Estate,  less  depreciation  $    185,815.46 

Securities    2,350,828.83 

Mortgage   receivable    45,000.00       2,581.644.29 

Inventory  of  provisions  and  supplies  $      10,076.22 

Accounts   Receivable   7,653.14 

Cash    126,045.97          143,775.33 


Total    $3,011,749.90 

Liabilities 

General  account  $    661,384.53 

Funds  and  legacies: 

General    $2,050,867.74 

Permanent    254,971.97 

Special    19,485.35       2,325,325.06 

Unexpended  income,  special  funds  $       8,539.18 

Vouchers  payable  "^'^^A'Afi 

Accounts  payable   9*99 

Withholding  tax  -.J'nii'nn 

Reserve  for  deferred  maintenance  11,000.00 

Toted    $3,011.749.90 

62 


Treasurer's  Condensed  Income  Account 
Year  Ending  August  31,  1945 


Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes  $    108,953.62 

Interest  from  deaf-blind  fund  3,068.18 

Interest  from  special  funds  for  deaf-blind  3,768.26 

Interest  from  special  funds  1,286.26 


$    117,076.32 
Add  —  Rent:  net  income  614.53      $    117,690.85 


Tuition  and  board,  Massachusetts  ....      $     42,550.00 

Tuition  and  board,  others  30,375.00  72,925.00 


Total    $    190,615.85 

Less:  Special  fund  income  to  special  fund  accounts  1,286.26 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes  $    189,329.59 

Expenses : 

Pensions    $       8,305.40 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses  ..  3,036.56 

Fire  insurance  premiums 396.31 

Net  charge  to  Director   (see  detailed 

statement.  Institution  Department)  165,313.66          177,051.93 

Income  in  excess  of  expenses  $      12,277.66 

Special  Funds  Income  Account 

On  hand,  September  1,  1944  $       8,115.61 

Add:  Income  1944-1945   1,286.26 


Total    : $       9,401.87 

Distributed     862.69 


Unexpended  income  August  31,  1945   $       8,539.18 

General  Account 
August  31,  1945 

Balance,   September  1,  1944  $    645,403.53 

Add: 

Income  in  excess  of  expenses  $      12,277.66 

Net  gain  on  sale  of  securities  3,703.34  15,981.00 

Balance,  August  31,  1H5  $   661,384.53 

KINDERGARTEN  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1945 
Special  funds:  .,„..,„ 

Glover   Funds   for   Blind-Deaf    Mutes    $  ^'S^rJ? 

Ira  HUand    (income  to  W.   E.   R.  for  life)    ^„5„52 

Emeline   Morse   Lane   Fund    (books)     vSA^nS 

Leonard  and  Jerusha  Hyde  Room   r'2x„Xn 

Dr.   Ruey  B.   Steven's    Charity   Fund   f'nS?  or 

Lucy  H.  Stratton    (Anagnos   Cottage)    P'^'^^-^" 


$19,485.35 


63 


Permanent  funds  (income  for  general  purposes) : 


Charles    Tidd   Baker   Fund     $ 

25,849.11 

Albert    Glover     9 

1,000.00 

Mary  D.   Balfour  Fund   .... 

5.692.47 

Martha  R.    Hunt   

10,000.00 

William  Leonard  Benedict, 

Mrs.    Jerome    Jones    Fund 

9,935.96 

Jr.,    Memorial    

1,000.00 

Charles    Larned    

6,000.00 

Samuel   A.    Borden    

4,675.00 

Elisha  T.   Loring   

5,000.00 

A.  A.  C,  in  Memoriam  .... 

500.00 

George  F.   Parkman    

8.500.00 

Helen    G     Coburn    

9,980.10 

Catherine  P.   Perkins   

10,000.00 

Charles    Wells    Cook    

5,000.00 

Edith    Rotch    

10.000.00 

M.    Jane   Wellington    Dan- 

Frank  Davison  Rust  Mem- 

forth   Fund    

10,000.00 

orial    

15.600  00 

Caroline    T.    Downes    

12,950.00 

Caroline   0.    Seabury    

1,000.00 

Charles    H.    Draper    Fund 

23,934.13 

Phoebe  Hill   Simpson    Fund 

8,446.11 

Eliza  J.  Bell  Draper  Fund 

1.500.00 

Eliza    Sturgis    Fund    

21,729.62 

Helen    Atkins     Edmands 

Abby    K.    Sweetser    

25,000.00 

5,000.00 
5,000.00 

Hannah  R.  Sweetser  Fund 
Mrs.    Harriet   Taber   Fund 

6.000.00 

George    R.    Emerson    

622.81 

1,000.00 
1,015.00 

Levina    B.    Urbino    

The   May   Rosevear   Whito 

600.00 

Eugenia  F.   Farnham  

Susan  W.  Farwell  

600  00 

Fund    

600.00 

6.000.00 

The  Luther  and  Mary  Gil- 

bert   Fund    

8,541.77 

1254,971.97 

General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) ; 


Emilie    Albee    

$            150.00 

Mary    B.    Emmens    $         1.000.00 

Lydia  A.  Allen  

748  38 

Arthur  F.   Estabrook   

2.000.00 

Michael    Anagos    

3.000.00 

Ida   F.    Estabrook    

2,114.00 

Harriet    T.    Andrew    

5,000.00 

Orient   H.    Eustis    

600.00 

Martha    B.    Angell    

34.370.83 

Annie    Louisa    Fay    Mem- 

Mrs.  William  Appleton   .... 

18,000.00 

orial    

1,000.00 

Elizabeth   H.    Bailey   

500.00 

Sarah    M.    Fay    

15,000.00 

Eleanor   J.    W.    Baker   

2.600.00 

Charlotte   M.    Fiske    

5,000.00 

Ellen    M.    Baker       

13,053.48 
1,000.00 

Ann    Maria    Fosdick    

Nancy    H.    Fosdick    

14,338.79 

Mary  D.   Barrett   

8,937.21 

Nancy    Bartlett    Fund    

Sidney    Bartlett    

500  00 

Fanny    Foster    

878,087.49 
500  00 

10,000.00 

Margaret  W.  Frothingham 

Emma    M.    Bass    

1,000.00 

Elizabeth    W.     Gay     

7,931.00 

Sarah    E.    J.    Baxter    

51,847.49 

Ellen   M.   GifTord   

5,000.00 

Thompson     Baxter    

322.60 

Joseph    B.    Glover    

6,000.00 

Robert    C.    Billings    

10,000.00 

Mathilda    Goddard     

300.00 

Harriet   M.    Bowman    

1,013.22 

Anna   L.    Gray   

1,000.00 

Sarah    Bradford    

100.00 

Maria    L.    Gray    

200.00 

Helen    C.    Bradlee    

140,000.00 

Amelia    Greenbaum    

1,000.00 

J.    Putnam    Bradlee    

194,162.53 

Caroline    H.    Greene    

1,000.00 

Charlotte  A.  Bradstreet  .... 

13,576  19 

Mary  L.   Greenleaf    

6,167.76 

Ellen    F.    Bragg    

8,006.69 

Josephine    S     Hall    

8,000.00 

Lucy    S.    Brewer    

7,811.56 

Allen    Haskell    

600.00 

Sarah  Crocker  Brewster  .. 

500.00 

Mary    J.    Haskell    

8,687.66 

Ellen    Sophia    Brown    

1,000.00 

Jennie    B.    Hatch    

1,000.00 

Rebecca    W.    Brown    

8.977.55 

Olive   E.    Hayden    

4,622.45 

Harriet  Tilden   Browne  .... 

2,000.00 

Jane    H.    Hodges    

300.00 

Katherine  E.   Bullard  

2,500.00 

Margaret   A.    Holden    

2,360.67 

Annie    E.    Caldwell    

6.000.00 

Marion    D.     Hollingsworth 

1.000.00 

John    W.    Carter    

600.00 

Frances    H.    Hood    

100  00 

Kate   H.    Chamberlin    

6,715  07 

Abigail    Vf.    liowe    

1,000.00 

Adeline  M.  Chapin    

400.00 

Ezra    S     Jackson    

688.67 

Benjamin    P.    Cheney    

6.000.00 

Caroline   E.    Jenks    

100.00 

Fanny   C.    Coburn    

424.06 

Ellen    M.    Jones    

500.00 

Charles    H.    Colburn    

1.000.00 

Hannah    W.     Kendall     

2.515.38 

Helen    Collamore    

5,000.00 

Clara    P.    Kimball    

10,000.00 

Anna    T.    Coolidge    

63,873.38 

David   P.   KimbaU    

6,000.00 

300.00 

Moses     Kimball     

1,000.00 

Sarah    Silver    Cox    

6,000.00 

Ann    E.    Lambert    

700.00 

Lavonne    E.   Crane    

3,365.21 

Jean  Munroe  Lc  Brun   .... 

1,000.00 

Susan   T     Crosby   

100.00 

Willard    H.    Lethbridge    .... 

28,179.41 

Margaret  K.   Cummings  .... 

6,000.00 

Frances    E.    Lilly    

1,000.00 

James    H.    Danford    

1,000.00 

William    Litchfield    

6,800.00 

Catherine    L.     Donnison 

Mary    Ann    Locke    

5,874.00 

Memorial     

1,000.00 

Robert    W.    Lord    

1,000.00 

George    H.    Downes    

3.000.00 

Sophia    N.    Low    

1,000.00 

Amanda    E.    Dwight    

6,295.00 

Thomas    Mack    

1,000.00 

Lucy   A.   Dwight    

4,000.00 

Augustus   D.   Manson   

8,134.00 

Harriet   H.    Ellis    

6,074.79 

Calanthe    E.    Marsh    

18,840.33 

Mary    E.    Emerson    

1.000.00 

Sarah   L.   Marsh   

1.000.00 

64 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes)  —  Concluded 


Waldo    Marsh     $  500.00 

Annie   B     Matthews    45,086.40 

Rebecca    S.    Melvin    23,545.55 

Georgina     Merrill     4,773.80 

Ira    L.    Moore    1,349.09 

Louise    Chandler    Moulton  10,000.00 

Maria    Murdock     1,000.00 

Mary   Abbie   Newell   5,903.65 

Frances    M.    Osgood    1,000.00 

Margaret    S.    Otis     1,000.00 

Jeannie  Warren    Paine   ....  1,000.00 

Anna    R.    Palfrey    50.00 

Sarah    Irene    Parker    699.41 

Anna   Q.    T    Parsons    4.019.52 

Helen   M.    Parsons    500.00 

Caroline   E.    Peabody    3,403.74 

Edward    D.    Peters    600.00 

Henry    M.    Peyser    5,678.25 

Mary   J.    Phipps    2,000.00 

Caroline   S.   Pickman    1,000.00 

Katherine    C.    Pierce    5,000.00 

Helen   A.    Porter   50.00 

Sarah    E     Potter,    Endow- 
ment   Fund    425,014.44 

Francis    L.    Pratt    100.00 

Mary  S.   C.  Reed  5,000.00 

Emma    Reid    943.26 

William   Ward  Rhoades   ....  7,507.85 

Jane     Roberts     93,025.55 

John    M.   Rodocanachi   2,250.00 

Dorothy    Roffe    500.00 

Clara    Bates    Rogers    2,000.00 

Rhoda    Rogers    500.00 

Mrs.    Benjamin    S.    Rotch  8,500.00 

Rebecca    Salisbury    200  00 

J.    Pauline    Schenki    10,955.26 

Joseph    Schofield    3,000.00 

Eliza    B.    Seymour    5,000.00 

John  W.  Shapleigh  1,000.00 

Esther    W.     Smith    5,000.00 

Annie  E.   Snow   9,903.27 


Adelaide    Standish     

Elizabeth   G.    Stuart    

Benjamin   Sweetzer  

Sarah    W.    Taber    

Mary    L     Talbot    

Cornelia  V.    R.   Thayer   .... 

Delia    D.    Thorndike    

Elizabeth    L.    Tilton     

Betsey    B.    Tolman    

Transcript,    ten  dollar  fund 

Mary   Wilson   Tucker   

Mary   B.    Turner    

Royal    W.    Turner    

Minnie    H     Underbill    

Charles    A."   Vialle    

Rebecca  P.  Wainwright  .... 

George    W.    Wales     

Maria    W.    Wales    

Gertrude    A.     Walker    

Mrs.    Charles    E.    Ware    .... 

Rebecca    B.    Warren    

Jennie  A.    (Shaw)    Water- 
house    

Mary    H.    Watson    

Ralph  Watson  Memorial  .. 

Isabella    M.     Weld    

Mary   Whitehead    

Evelyn    A.    Whitney   Fund 

Julia    A.    Whitney    

Sarah    W.    Whitney    

Betsey    S.    Wilder    

Hannah    Catherine    Wiley 

Mary    W.    Wiley    

Mary    Williams     

Almira    F.    Winslow    

Eliza   C.    Winthrop    

Harriet    F.    Wolcott   


$  5,000.00 
2,000.00 
2,000.00 
1,000.00 

630.00 

10,000.00 

5,000.00 

300.00 

500.00 
5.666.95 

481.11 
7.582.90 
24,089.02 
1,000.00 
1,990.00 
1,000.00 
5,000.00 
20,000.00 

178.97 
4,000.00 
6,000.00 

565.84 
100.00 
237.92 
14.795.06 
666.00 

4,992.10 
100.00 
150.62 
BOO.OO 
200.00 
150.00 

5,000  00 
806.80 

5,041.67 

6,532.00 

$2,050,867,74 
$2,825,325.06 


65 


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Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
111. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
Mass. 
N.  Y. 
N.  Y. 
Mass. 
Mass. 


Matthew 
Nelson   S. 


L. 


CONTRIBUTORS   TO   THE    DEAF-BLIND  FUND 

September  1,  1944  -  August  31,  1945 

Barker,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  George  R. 

Barker,   Miss   Phyllis   F. 

Barlow,    Mr.    Charles    L. 

Barnum,   Mrs.    Francis    G. 

Barr,    Miss    Ada    M. 

Earr,  Mrs.  James  F. 

Barratt,    Mr.    Roswell    F. 

Barrett,  Miss   Florence  E. 

Barry,    Miss    Elizabeth    C. 

Barstow,    Miss    Marjorie    L. 

Bartholomew,    Mrs.    J.    C. 

Bartlett,   Miss   Betty  A. 

Bartlett,    Mr.    and    Mrs. 

Bartlett,    Mr.    and   Mrs. 

Bartol,   Mrs.   John   W. 

Bassett,   Mrs.  N.   L. 

Bates,    Mrs.    John 

Bauer,    Miss    Rose   F. 

Baumgartner,    Mrs.    E. 

Baxter,   Mrs.    Gregory   P. 

Bayley,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Edwin  A. 

Bayne.    Mrs.    William 

Beal,   Mrs.   Boylston   A. 

Beal,  Joseph  and  Company 

Bean,    Mrs.    Henry   S. 

Bean,   Mr.   Howard   C. 

Beane,   Mrs.  Arthur 

Beardsley,   Mrs.    W.    H. 

Beaser,    Mr.   and   Mrs.    William,    Jr. 

Beck,    Mr.    Joseuh    F. 

Besrgs,   Mr.    William    N. 

Behr,    Miss    Elsa 

Bellanca.    Mrs.    Guiseppe   Mario 

Bemis,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alan   C. 

Bemis.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  R. 

Benioff,    Mrs.    David 

Benjamin.  Mr.   A.   C. 

Benner,   Miss    Frances    Z.    T. 

Benson,  Mr.  and   Mrs.  A.  Emerson 

Benson,   Mrs.    John   W. 

Berke,    Mrs.    Steven   R. 

Barnhard,   Mrs.   A.   F. 

Bernston,   Mr.   Olaf  A. 

Best,    Mr.    pnd   Mrs.    Samuel 

Bpst,   Mr.    William 

Bpvis,    Mrs.    Vivia 

Bi-irt,  Mr.   Victor 

Bibrinsr.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  W. 

BiVknpll.   D".    and   Mrs.   Ralph  E. 

Bill,    Miss    Caroline   E. 

Pinney,    Miss    H.    Maude 

Binney.    Dr.   Horace 

Bi'rd,    Mrs.    Francis    W. 

Bishop,    Mr.    Frank    C. 

Bixler,    Mr.    and   Mrs.   .T.    Seelye 

Blnir,    Miss    Charlotte    H. 

Blpis.  "M-rs.   J.   E.   A. 

Bl^ke,    Mr.    F.    T. 

BTiRs,   Miss    Carrie  C. 

Blix.    Miss    Kati" 

■Rloriorett.    Mrs.    Edward    W. 

Bliihm,    Mr.   Louis 

■Rnn-rdm.-'n,    Mr.    Renrinald 

Bolles,    M*^.    Chf>ster    A. 
Mass.       BosRon,    Mrs.    Campbell 
Mass.       Boston   Aid  for  the  Blind 
Mass.       Boswortb.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  H. 
N.  H.       Bonve.   Dr.   and   Mrs.   Howard   A. 
R.  I.        Bnwdf>n.    Mrs.    Fr'^derick   P. 
N.  J.       Bowditeh.    Mrs.    Henry   Tj. 
Mass.       Bowie,    Rev.    W.    Russell 
Mass.        Bowles,   M'-s.   Francis   T. 
Mass.       Bowman.   Miss   Mable  E. 
Maine       Bowser.    Mrs.    Roscoe   A. 
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Mass.        Boyd.    Dr.    Walter    W. 
Mass.       Bozvan,   Mrs.   H.   F. 
Mass.       Bradford,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  G. 
N.  Y.       Bradlee,   Mrs.  Reginald 


Abbe,  Mrs.  Greenough 

Abbe,  Mrs.   Mary  F. 

Abbott,    Mr.    Frank   W. 

Abbott,    Mrs.    Prentice   W. 

Abbott,   Mrs.   W.    T. 

Adams,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur,   Jr, 

Adams,    Mrs.    Barrett 

Adams,    Miss    Elizabeth   Q. 

Adams,  Miss  F.  M. 

Adam  Hat  Stores,  Inc. 

Adams,    Miss    Jessie    L. 

Adams,   Mr.   and  Mrs.  John 

Adams,    Mr.    John    Quincy 

Adams,    Mrs.    Joseph    Henry 

Adams,   Miss  Kate  L. 

Adams,  Miss   Patiline  W. 

Addison,    Rev.    Charles    M. 

Adler,    Miss    Cecilia 

Adler,   Mrs.   Jacob 

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Allbright,    Mr.    Clifford 

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Allen.   Mr.   J.   J.  S.  D. 

Allen,   Mrs.    Jane   M.  Ky. 

Allen,    Mrs.    Lee  Mass. 

Ailing,  Miss  Elsie  Dwight  Mass. 

Allison,    Mrs.   Susan   C.  Mass. 

Alton,  Dr.   Benjamin  H.  Mass. 

American  Legion  Auxiliary,  East  Lynn 

Mass. 
American    National    Charities 
Ames,   Mrs.    John    S. 
Ames,    Lady 

Ames,    Mr.   and   Mrs.    Oakes 
Ames,   Miss   Rosella  S. 
Ames,  Mrs.  William  H. 
Amory,    Mrs.    Charles    B. 
Amory,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  John  S. 
Amory,  Mr.  Roaer 
Amory,    Mrs.    William_ 
Anderson,    Miss    Priscilla 
Andress,   Mrs.    J.    Mace 
Andrews,  Miss   Sarah  G. 
Andrus,   Mrs.    G.    E. 
Angus,    Miss   Lorraine  W. 
Appleton,   Miss   Maud   E. 
Archambault,    Mrs.    Victor 
Argersinger,  Mrs.  Roy  E. 
Armington,  Miss   Elizabeth 
Asadourian,    Miss    Lillian 
Asher,   Mrs.   Abraham 
Ashworth,  Miss   Lillian  F. 
Atherton.    Mr.    J.    Ballard 
Athey,  Mrs.   C.   N. 
Atwood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   David   E 
Austin,    Mrs.    Calvin 
Austin,  Mrs.   Francis  B. 
Austin,    Mrs.    Walter 
Aubin,    Miss   Margaret   H. 
Avery,   Miss   Mary  B. 
Axelrod.  Mr.  James  J. 
Ayer,  Mr.  Charles  F. 


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Bacon,  Mr.  Paul  V. 

Badsrer.   Dr.   and    Mrs.   T.   L. 

Batr?,    Miss   Shirley 

Batrley.   Mr.    Charles   R. 

Bailey,  Mr.  Richard  F. 

Bailly,    Miss    Emma    A. 

Baker,  Mrs.  Benedict  J. 

Baker,  Mrs.  D.  M. 

Baker,   Dr.   Donald   V. 

Baker.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horatio  L. 

Baldwin,   Mrs.    E.    Atkins 

Baldwin.   Mr.  and  Mrs.   Harry  S. 

Bancroft.   Mr.   .Tames  R. 

Banes,    Miss    Margaret 

Barber,  Mrs.  George  C. 


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Bradlee.  Mrs.  Thomas   S.  Mass. 

Bradley,   Mr.   L.   E.  Mass. 

Bradley,   Mrs.    Kalph  Mass. 

Brayles,   Dr.   Elizabeth  L.  Mass. 

Breed,    Mrs.    Stephen    A.  Mass. 

Bremer,   Miss   Barah  F.  Mass. 

Brenley,   Mrs.    Godfrey  Conn. 

Brennan,   Mr.    Joseph  H.  Mass. 

Brewer,    Mrs.    Charles  Mass. 

Brewster,    Miss    Harriet  Mass. 
Brewster,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  William  E.    Mass. 

Briggs,   Mrs.    Edward    C.  Mass. 

Brigham,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  F.  Gorham  Mass. 

Brigham,  Mrs.  Grace  A.  K.  I. 

Bristor,   Miss   M.   Louise  Md. 

Brockett,  Mr.   Everett  B.  N.  Y. 

Brooks,   Mrs.   Arthur   H.  Mass. 

Brooks,    Mr.    Gorham  Mass. 

Brooks,  Mrs.   Henry  M.  Conn. 

Brooks,    Mrs.   Lawrence   G.  Mass. 

Brown,   Miss  Adelaide  J.  Calif. 

Brown,  Mrs.  Edwin  P.  Mass. 

Brown,    Miss    Emma   L.  N.  Y. 

Brown,  Mrs.   George  E.  Mass. 

Brown,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  R.  Mass. 

Brown,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  George  W.  Mass. 

Brown,  Mrs.   Leroy  S.  Mass. 

Brown,    Miss   Margaret  L.  N.  Y. 

Brown,   Mr.   William   K.  N.  Y. 

Brown,    Mrs.    William    S.  Mass. 

Browne,    Miss    Florence   M.  N.  J. 

Bruckhauser,   Mrs.    William   K.  Mass. 

Bryant,    Mrs.    Wallace   E.  Mass. 

Buckminster,    Mrs.    Grace   P.  Mass. 

Buell,   Mr.   and  Mrs.    James   A.  Mass. 

Buff,   Miss   Alice  E.  Mass. 

Buffinton,    Mrs.    Julia  A.  Mass. 

Bullard,    Miss    Ellen  Mass. 

Bump,  Mr.  Archie  E.  Mass. 

Bunce,  Mr.   Henry  L.,  Jr.  Mass. 

Burke,   Mrs.   Walter  Safford  Mass. 

Burns,   Hon.    and   Mrs.   John   J.  Mass. 

Burr,   Mr.   I.   Tucker,   Jr.  Mass. 

Bush,  Miss  M.  L.  Mass. 

Bushnell,   Mrs.  Winthrop  G.  Conn. 

Butler,   Mrs.    Paul  Mass. 

Byers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Douglas  S.  Mass. 

Cain,  Mr.    John   E.  Mass. 

Cambridge   Screw   Company  Mass. 

Cameron,   Mrs.   Russell  Mass. 

Campbell,    Mrs.   Wallace  M.  Mass. 

Cannon,    Miss    Bernice   M.  Mass. 

Capon,   Mrs.    Charles  R.  Mass. 

Calkins,   Dr.   and   Mrs.    Raymond  Mass. 

Callahan,    Mr.    Henry    J.  Mass. 

Canfield,    Mrs.    R.    Bishop  Mich. 

Carberry,   Mrs.   C.   B.  Mass. 

Carey,   Mrs.   A.  C.  Vt. 

Carpenter,    Miss    Janet   L.  Nebr. 

Carlton,  Mr.   Charles   E.  Mass. 

Carter,   Mrs.   Albert  P.  Mass. 

Carter,  Mr.   Clarence  H.  Mass. 

Carter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hubert  L.  Mass. 

Carter,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Richard  B.  Mass. 

Cartland,   Miss   Marian   P.  Conn. 

Carver,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Harold  P.  Mass. 

Case,   Miss   Louisa  W.  Mass. 
Case,   Hon.  and  Mrs.   Norman  Stanley 

R.  L 

Casselberry,   Mrs.   C.   M.  Mass. 

Castle,     Miss     Mabel    Wing  Mich. 
Central     Cong'o.     Church,     Woman's 

Association,     Newtonville  Mass. 

Chadsey,     Mrs.     Horace     M.  Mass. 

Chalfant,    Miss    Isabella    C.  Penn. 

Chamberlain,   Dr.   and  Mrs.   Calvin  Mass. 

Chamberlin,     Miss     Louise    M.  Mass. 

Chandler,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    John  Mass. 

Chapin,    Mr.    E.    Barton  Mass. 

Charles,     Mrs.     Buchanan  Mass. 

Chase,    Miss    Alice    P.  Mass. 


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Chase,  Mr.  Arthur  Taft  MaaB. 

Chase,  Miss  Bertha  L.  Maine 

Cliase,   Mr.    and  Mrs.   Harry  E.  Mass. 

Chase,    Mrs.    John    M.  JN.  Y. 

Chase,   Mrs.    Rachel   A.  Mass. 

*Jhase,   i\ir.  and  Mrs.    Walter  I.  Mass. 

Cnase,   Mr.   William   E.  Mass. 

Chatlield,    Miss    Alice    E.  Mass. 

Chattieid,    Mrs.    F.   R.  N.  H. 

Cheever,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   David,  Jr.  Mass. 

Cheever,    Mrs.    R.  P.  Mass. 

Cheney,    Mrs.    Emma   M.  N.  U. 

Child,    Mrs.    H.  W.  Mont, 

Chittenden,    Miss    Ellen    L.  N.  Y. 

Choate,   Mi-s.   Katherine  S.  Mass. 

Church,    Mr.    Willard  N.J. 

Clatlin,   Mrs.    Thomas  M.  Mass. 

Clapp,   Mr.    Eugene  H.  Mass. 

Clapp,   Mrs.   Robert   P.  Mass. 

Clark,   Rev.   and  Mrs.   Alden   H.  Mass. 

Clark,   Miss  Alice  Warren  Mass. 

Clark,   Dr.   and  Mrs.   Cecil  W.  Mass. 

Clark,   Mr.   Edward   H.  N.  Y. 

Clark,  Mrs.  H.   B.  Conn, 

Clarke,  Mrs.  Samuel  F.  Mass. 
Clayton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Comstock  Mass. 
Clement,  Mrs.  Hazen 
Clifford,    Prof.    H.    Ellsworth 

Clifford,    Mrs.    Walter   B.  Mass. 

Cobb,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    Robert   C.  Mass. 

Codman,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Eliot  D.  C. 

Coe,  Mrs.   Jefferson   W.  Mass. 

Coggeshall,    Mrs.    Harrison  Mass. 

Cole,  Miss  Mary  R.  Mass. 

Cole,   Miss  Ruby  H.  Mass. 

Cole,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   William   F.  Mass. 

Coleman,    Miss    Augusta   S'.  N.  Y. 

Colgate,  Miss   Mabel  Mass. 

CoUens,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    Charles  Mass. 

Collins,   Mr.    Charles   A.  Mass. 

Collinson,   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Noyes  Mass. 

Conant,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  James  B.  Mass. 

Conant,    Mr.    Ralph   W.  Mass. 

Conant,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   William  C.  Mass. 

Condit,    Miss    Louise  Mass. 

Conklin,  Mrs.  Annette  P.  Can. 

Converse,   Mrs.   Frederick   S.  Mass. 

Cooke,   Mr.  and   Mrs.    Charles  E.  Mass. 

Coolidge,    Mrs.    Algernon  N.  Y. 

Coolidge,    Miss    Elsie   Winchester  Mass. 

Coolidge,   Mr.   Joseph  Arthur  Mass. 

Coon,  Mrs.  Edgar  A.  N.  Y. 

Cordingley,   Mr.    William  R.  Mass. 

Corey,  Mrs.  Eben  F.  Mass. 

Cornelison,    Dr.    Robert    W.  N.  J. 

Cornwell,    Mrs.    Kirkham  N.  Y. 

Cotter,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Richard  J.  Mass. 

Coty,  Mrs.  E.   P.  Mass. 

Courtney,    Miss   Mary  L.  N.  H. 

Cowen,   Mrs.   Arthur  N.  Y. 

Cowles,    Mrs.    William   Ljrman  Mass. 
Crane,   Mr.  and  Mrs.    Frederick   G.     Mass. 

Crehore,    Miss   Lucy  C.  Mass. 

Crocker,    Mrs.   Charles  T.  Mass. 

Crocker,    Mrs.    C.   Thomas,   III  Mass. 

Crocker,   Rev.    and   Mrs.   John  Mass. 

Crosby,   Mrs.    William  A.  Mass. 

Crowell,    Mrs.    C.    R.  N.  H. 

Crowningshield,    Mr.   Francis   B.  Mass. 

Gulp,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Ind. 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  K.  B.  N.  Y. 

Cunningham,   Miss    Mary  Mass. 

Currier,    Mrs.    Henry   M.  Mass. 

Curtis,    Mrs.   E.   Roelker  Mass. 

Curtis,  Mrs.   Frances   Gardner  Mass. 

Curtis,    Mrs.    Greely   S.  Mass. 

Curtiss,   Dr.   Miles   B.  Conn. 

Cushman,    Mrs.    Elton   G.  Mass. 

Cushman,    Mrs.    H.    E.  Mass. 

Cutler,   Miss   Abifjail  Ann  Mass, 

Cutler,  Mrs.  Fred  A.  Mass. 

Cutler,   Mr.    G.    Ripley  Mass. 


Dalton.   Mrs.    S.    L.  N.  Y. 

Dana  Hall  Service  Fund  Mass. 

Dana,    Mrs.    Harold    W.  Mass. 

Dana,  Prof.  Henry  W.   L.  Mass. 

Dane,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   David  H.  Mass. 

Dane,  Mrs.   Francis   S.  Mass. 

Dane,    Mrs.    John  Mass. 

DanieLs,    Miss    Mabel    W.  Mass. 

Danielson,    Mi-s.    Richard    E.  Mass. 

Darling,   Mrs.   Mayo   A.  Mass. 

Davenport,  Mrs.    Sarah  B.  Vt. 

Davidson,   Mr.   George  T.  Mass. 

Davies,    Dr.   B.   C.  Calif. 

Davies,    Miss    Fanny  E.  Conn. 

Davis,   Mrs.   A.    W.  N.  Y. 

Davis,   Dr.   and  Mrs.   Lincoln  Mass. 

Davis,   Mr.   and    Mrs.    Harold   T.  Mass. 

Davis,    Mr.    Jacob  N.  Y. 

Davis,    Mrs.   W.   L.  Mass. 

Day,  Mrs.   Frank  A.  Mass. 
Dearborn,   Mrs.    Frederick   M.,   Jr.       Mass. 

Dearborn,   Mrs.    L.    B.  Mass. 

Dearing,  Mrs.   John   Lincoln  Mass. 

DeBlois,    Mrs.    George   L.  Mass. 

DeCormis,    Miss    Constance  Mass. 

De  Koning,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Wash. 

Demarest,   Mrs.   David  Mass. 

da  Mille,   Mrs.   John  C.  Mass, 

Denny,    Miss    Emily   G.  Mass. 

Denny,   Mrs.   George  P.  Mass. 

De  Normandie,   Mrs.   Philip   Y.  Mass. 

Densmore,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  Ellis  Mass. 

Desmond,    Mr.    Arthur    W.  Mass. 

Dewey,    Mrs.    Harry    P.  Mass. 

DoWolf,   Mrs.    John   O.  Mass. 

Dexter,    Mrs.    Robert   C.  Mass 

d'Humy,    Mr.    F.    E.  N.  Y. 

Diekerman,    Mrs.    Watson    B.  Mass. 

Dickey,   Miss   Evelyn  Mass. 

Dierksen,    Mrs.   H.    H.  N.  J. 

Dillingham,    Mrs.    Isaac    S.  Mass. 

Dimick,    Mrs.    William    H.  Mass. 

Doane,    Miss    Jessie  N.  J. 

Dodd,   Mrs.   E.   M.  Mass. 

Dodd,    Mr.    and  Mrs.   Loring  H.  Mass. 

Doherty,  Miss  Mary  C.  Mass. 

Dolan,  Mr.   William  G.  Mass. 

Donald,    Mrs.    Malcolm  Mass. 

Dorr,  Mrs.   M''inifred   M.  Mass. 

Doty,  Mr.  William  H.  Mass. 

Douglass,   Miss  Josephine  Mass. 

Douglass,    Mrs.    Mabelle   F.    A.  N.  H. 

Dowling,   Mr.   A.    S.  N.  Y. 

Downer,   Miss   Lisa  de  Forest  Fla. 
Downes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.   Edward       Mass. 

Dows,    Mrs.    Tracy  N.  Y. 

Draper,   Mr.    Edward    B.  Mass. 

Draper,    Mrs.    B.    H.    Bristow  Mass. 

Draper,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   James   B.  Mass. 

Dreyfus,    Mrs.    J.    G.  N.  Y. 

Dreyfus,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    Sydney  Mass. 

Drinkwater,    Mr.    Arthur  Mass. 

Drummond,   Mrs.    Edmund  J.  Conn. 

Duncan,   Mr.   H.   S.  Mass. 

Dunphy,    Mrs.    J.    Englebert  Mass. 

Durand,   Dr.   and  Mrs.   Albert  C.  N.  Y. 

Durfee,   Mr.   and    Mrs.   Nathan  Mass. 

Dusinberre,   Mrs.   Henry  W.  Mass. 

Dutton,    Mrs.    George    D.  Mass. 

Eager,  Miss  Mabel  T.  Mass. 
East   Bridgewater  Unitarian    Church 

School  Mass. 

Eastham,   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Melville  Mass. 

Eaton,   Mrs.   Frank  N.  J. 

Eaton,   Mrs.    Lewis    Frederic  Mass. 
Edmonds,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  D.     Mass. 

Edwards,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   Herbert  Mass. 

Eggers,    Mr.   William   A.  Ohio 

Eisenbrey,   Mr.    J.    Kenton  Penn. 

Eisner,    Mrs.    .Terome  N..  Y. 

Elder,  Miss   Vera  N.  Y. 

Eliot,  Mr.   Samuel  Mass. 


Ellis,   Mrs.   Edward  Harvey 

Ellis,   Miss  Myra  I. 
Ellison,   Mrs.   Eben   H. 
Elsmith,   Mrs.   Leonard 
Emerson,    Miss   Mabel   E. 
Emerson,    Mr.    William 
Emerson,    Mrs.    William 
Emmons,   Mrs.   Alfred  P. 
Emmons,  Mrs.  Robert  W.,  Sr. 
Endicott,    Mrs.    Mitchell 
Englis,   Mrs.   John 
Erickson,  Mr.   Joseph   A. 
Ewer,  Mrs.  Herbert  L. 

Fabyan,   Dr.   and  Mrs.   Marshall  Mass. 

Fairbank,    Mrs.    Murray   N.  Mass. 

Fairburn,    Mi-s.    William    A.  Calif. 

Fairfax,  Mrs.  Madge  C.  Mass. 
Falvey,   Mr.  and  Mrs.   Timothy  J.       Mass, 

Farley,  Mrs.   J.  W.  Mass. 

Farley,    Mrs.    Mortimer   T.  Mass. 

Farnsworth,  Mrs.  Edward  M.  Mass. 

Farrar,    Mrs.    Frederick    A.  Mass. 

Faull,  Mr.  H.  J.  Tex. 
Faxon,   Dr.   and  Mrs.    Nathaniel  W.   Mass. 

Fay,   Mr.   Arthur   Dudley  Mass. 

Fay,   Mrs.   D.   B.  Mass. 

Fay,   Mrs.    Joseph    S.  Mass. 

Fay,    Miss    Katherine  Mass. 

Fay,    Miss    Margaret    Lincoln  Mass. 

Fegan,    Mrs.    William    J.  Mass. 

Feldman,   Mrs.   Moses    D.  Mass. 

Feldman,    Mr.    Samuel  N.  J. 

Felman,    Mr.    M.  N.  Y. 

Fenno,    Miss    S.    Elizabeth  Mass. 

Fenwick,   Miss    B.  N.  J. 

Ferguson,    Mrs.   Thomas   W.  Mass. 

Ferrin,   Mrs.   F.  M.  Mass, 

Ferris,  Mr.  Cyrus   Y.  Mass. 

Finberg,  Mrs.  Chester  F.  Mass. 

Finfrock,   Miss   Anna  L.  Ind. 

Finney,  Mr.  William  A.  Mass. 
First  Unitarian  Parish,  Concord  Mass. 
First    Presbyterian    Church, 

West   Barnet  Vt. 

Fish,   Miss   Margaret  A.  Mass. 

Fish,   Mr.   Ralph  E.  Mass. 

Fisher,    Miss    Emma  N.  Y. 

Fisher,  Mrs.   Richard  T.  Mass. 

Fisk,   Mrs.   Otis   H.  Mass. 

Fiske,  Mrs.  J.   P.   B.  Mass. 

Fiske,    Mr.   and   Mrs.    Hedington  Mass. 

Fitt,  Mr.  George  H.  Mass. 

Fitts,   Miss   Ada  M.  Mass. 

Flagg,    Dr.    and    Mrs.    Elisha  Mass. 

Fletcher,   Mr.    F.    Richmond  Mass. 

Floyd,    Dr.   and   Mrs.   Cleaveland  Mass. 

Follansby,    Miss    Daisy    Luck  Fla. 

Folsom,  Mrs.   Robert  M.  Mass. 

Foort,  Miss  Adelaide  N.  Y. 
Foote,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   John   E.    F.       Mass. 

Forbes,  Mrs.   J.   M.,   Sr.  Mass. 

Fortnightly,    The    Newton  Mass. 

Foster,    Mr.    Benjamin    B.  Mo. 

Foster,    Miss   Hilda   S.  Mass. 

Foster,    Mrs.    Reginald  Mass. 

Fowler,  Mr.   Louis  F.  Mass. 

Fox,   Miss   Edith  M.  Mass. 

Fox,  Mrs.   Felix  Mass. 

Fox,    Mrs.    Heywood  N.  Y. 

Francke,   Mrs.   H.   Gilbert  Mass. 

Fraser,  Mrs.   W.   Howard  Mass. 

Fredericks,    Mrs.    Benjamin    W.  Mass. 

Freeman,   Miss   Nettie  T.  Mass. 

Freeman,  Mrs.   William  Mass. 

French,   Miss   Ruth  H.  Mass. 

Fried,    Mrs.    Anton  Mass. 

Friedman,  Mrs.  Henry  E.  Mass. 
Friedman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nathan  H.    Mass. 

Friend,   Miss    Eunice  A.  Mass. 

Frost,  Mrs.  R.  H.  Mass. 
Frothingham,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald  Mass. 


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Frothingham,    Miss    Eugenia    B. 
Frothingham,  Mrs.   L.  A. 
Frye,  Miss   Cornelia 
Fuller,   Mrs.    Genevieve  M. 
Fuller,   Mr.   Lorin   L. 
Furber,  Lt.   Com.   Edward  P. 
Furness,  Miss   Laura 

Gage,   Mrs.   Homer 

Gale,  Mrs.   John   Elbridge 

Galowin,   Miss   Mary 

Gardiner.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  H. 

Gardner,    Mr.     Colin 

Gardner,   Mrs.    George  P. 

Gardner,  Mrs.   Louis 

Garner,  Mrs.  E.   F. 

Garsia,   Mrs.  Edwin  R.   C. 

Garside,   Miss   Lillian 

Gates,    Dr.   Olive 

Gerritson,    Miss    Maude    B. 

Gibson,  Mrs.   Kirkland  H. 

Gilbert,    Miss    Clara   C. 

Gilbert,   Mr.    William   E. 

Giie,   Mr.   Albion   L. 

Gilnian,   Mr.  and  Mrs.   Roger 

Ginn,   Miss    Susan   J. 

Glaser,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Morris 

Gleason,   Miss    Ellen   H. 

Gleason,  Mrs.   HoUis  T. 

Glidden,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   William   T. 

Goddard,    Mrs.   Joseph   V. 

Gold,   Mr.   and  Mrs.    Samuel 

Golding,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis   T. 

Goldman,    Mrs.    Helen    R. 

Goldthwait,    Mrs.    Joel   E. 

Gooch,   Mr.    Clairborn   W. 

Goodman,  Abraham  and  Mollie, 

Foundation,  Inc. 
Goodstein,    David    M.,    Inc. 
Goodwin,   Mrs.    Fred   M. 
Goodwin,  Mrs.  H.  M. 
Gordon,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    J.    D. 
Gordon,    Mr.    John    Forbes 
Gordon,    Mrs.    Nathan    H. 
Gore,    Mrs.    Frederick 
Gould,    Mrs.   Marion  R. 
Graboys,    Mr.   Lewis   M. 
Grammer,  Mrs.   C.   L. 
Graves,   Mrs.  Charles  A. 
Gray,   Miss  Helen  I. 
Gray,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reginald,  Jr. 
Gray,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Stephen  M.  W. 
Gray,    Mrs.    Thomas    H.,   Jr. 
Gray,   Mr.    William    S. 
Green,    Mr.    Edward    B. 
Green,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Emery 
Green,   Mr.   H.   P. 
Greene,    Mrs.    Bertram    W.    B. 
Greene,    Mr.   and   Mrs.   Robert   H. 
Greenough,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  W. 
Greenough,    Mr.   Emery  Holden 
Greer,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   J.    W. 
Greer,    J.    W.,   Company 
Gregg,   Mrs.   Donald 
Gregg,   Dr.  and  Mrs.  Ward  I. 
Gregory,   Mrs.   A.    K. 
Gregory,    Miss    Agnes 
Grew,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    John 
Gries,   Mrs.    Lincoln 
Griflfing,  Mrs.  Edward  J. 
Grizzell,    Miss    Florence 
Gryzmish,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mortimer  C. 
Gryzmish,  Mr.  and     Mrs.  Reuben  B. 
Guggenheim,    Mr.    William,    Jr. 
Guild,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  M. 
Gullifer,   Dr.   and  Mrs.    W.   Harry 
Gunby,   Mrs.   Frank  M. 

Hadley,   Mr.  and   Mrs.  Edward  L. 
Haft,   Mr.   Morris   W. 
Hale,   Mrs.  Charles  A. 
Hale,    Mrs.    Edward    Everett 
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Mass.       Halikman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   H.  King      Mass. 

Mass.       Hall,   Miss  Anna  Mass. 

Calif.       Hall,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Henry   S.  Mass. 

Mass.       Hall,    Mrs.    Herbert   J.  Mass. 

Mass.       Hall,  Mrs.  J.   L.  Mass. 

Mass.       Hall,   Mr.  John  H.  Penn. 

Mass.  Hall,   Miss  Minna  B.  Mass. 

Hall,   Mr.   Samuel  P.  D.  C. 

Mass.  Hall,   Mrs.   William   L.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hallowell,  Miss  Emily  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Hallowell,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.   H.  Mass. 

Mass.  Halperin,   A.    E.,   Company,  Inc.  Mass. 

Ohio  Hamann,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   E.   H.  Conn. 

Mass.  Hamilton,    Mrs.    Burton    E.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hamilton,    Mrs.    Edward    P.  Mass. 

Md.  Hamilton,   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Parker  Mass. 

Mass.  Hamlen,    Mrs.    Robert   Gushing  Mass. 

Mass.  Hanks,    Mr.    G.    R.  N.  J. 

Mass.  Hannauer,   Mrs.    George  Mass. 

Mass.  Hardesty,   Miss   Letitia  P.  D.  C. 

Mass.  Harding,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Emor  H.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hardwick,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Huntington  R. 

Mass.  Mass. 

Wash.  Harman,   Mr.    O.    S.  Ohio 

Mass.  Harper,  Mr.  and  Mi-s.  Joseph  Mass. 

Mass.  Harrington,    Mr.    George   L.  Mass. 

Masb.  Harrington,   Mrs.    Rebie  Mass. 

Mass.  Harrison,    Prof.    George   R.  Mass. 

Mass.  Harty,    Miss  Margaret  A.  Mass. 

Mass.  Haseltine,    Miss    Caroline   M.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hastings,    Miss    M.    Louise  Mass. 

Hatch,  Mrs.  Arthur  W.  MasE. 

Hatfield,    Dr.    Hugh   K.  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Hathaway,    Mrs.   Alvin    B.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hawes,   Mr.   Frederic   B.  Mass. 

Va.  Hawes,   Mr.    W.    Gerald  N.  Y. 

Hawkridge,    Mr.    Clayton   F.  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Hayde,   Mrs.   Dora  N.  Y. 

N.  Y.  Hayden,   Mr.  and  Mrs.   Arthur  H.       Mass. 

Mass.  Hayden,   Miss   Ruth  D.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hayden,    MLss    V.    Pauline  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Hayes,  Miss  Margaret  E.  Mass. 

Penn.  Hazeldine,    Mrs.    Harry   N.  Mass. 

Mass.  Healey,    Miss    Jennie   M.  N.  Y. 

Ohio  Heard,    Mrs.    Yvonne   Holden  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Heilman,    Prof.   William   C.  Mass, 

Mass.  Helburn,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Willard  Mass. 

Mass.  Hellwig,    Miss    Anna  Penn. 

Va.  Henderson,    Mrs.    L.    Kierstead  Mass, 

Mass.  Henderson,   Mrs.   R.   G.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hendricks,    Miss    Helen    R.  N.  Y. 

,  Mass.  Herr,   Mrs.    Secor  Mass. 

Mass.  Hicks,  Dr.   Arthur  W.  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Higgins,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Aldus  C.  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Higgins,   Mr.   and  Mrs.    John  W.  Mass. 

Mass.  High,    Mrs.    Ruth   T.  Mass. 

Mo.  Hight,    Mrs.    Clarence  A.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hill,    Mrs.    A.    William  Mass. 

Mass.  Hill,   Dr.   Alfred  S.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hiller,    Misses    Edna    and    Emily  Calif. 

Mass.  Hinkle,   Mr.   and   Mrs.    James   G.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hirtzel,    Mr.    George    L.  N.  J. 

Mass.  Hitchcock,    Miss    M.    Louise  Mass. 

Mass.  Hoag,    Mrs.    Charles    R.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hoeber,   Mr.   Eugene  H.  N.  Y. 

Penn.  Holbrook,     Mr.    Pinckney  Mass. 

Mass.  Holbrook,   Mrs.   W.   H.  Mass. 

Mass.  Holland,   Mrs.   H.   Brian  Mass. 

Ohio  Holmes,    Miss    Laura    P.  Mass. 

Mass.  Holyoke,    Mrs.   Charles  Mass, 

Kans.  Holzer,    U.,   Inc.  Mass. 

Mass.  Homans,    Mr.    William    P.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hooper,   Mrs.    James   R.  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Hopewell,  Mrs.  Charles   F.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hopewell,    Mrs.    Fi-ederick    C.  Mass. 

Mass.  Hopkins,    Mrs.    Ernest    Martin  N.  H. 

Mass.  Hopkinson,    Mrs.    Charles  Mass. 

Hopper,  Miss  Marie  Louise  Penn. 

Mass.  Hornblower,    Mrs.    Henry  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Hosmer,     Miss     Jennie    C.  Calif. 

Mass.  Houghton,  Mr.   Clement  S.  Mass. 

R.  I.  Houghton,    Mrs.    Clement    S.  Mass. 

Mass.  Houghton,    Mrs.   Frederick   O.  Mass. 

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Howard,   Mrs.    John   G. 
Howard,    Mrs.    William    H. 
ilowe,   Mrs.  Stella   Weston 
JUowland,  Mrs.   F.   C. 
Howland,  Mrs.  William  D. 
iioyt,   Mrs.    Franklin   K. 
hubbard,    Dr.   and  Mrs.    E.,    Jr. 
iluobard.    Miss    Helen 
tlubbara,    Air.    henry    V. 
Huddles  ton.    Dr.    Jean 
Hughes,   Mrs.  Hector  J. 
Hughes,    Mrs.    L..    F. 
Huiginn,    Mrs.    Eugene   J.    V. 
Hunnewell,    Mr.    Francis    Welles 
Hunt,    Mr.    PYederick    V. 
Hunt,  Mrs.   K.   B. 
Hurd,   Mrs.   John 
Huribut,  Mrs.  B.  S. 
Hurxthal,    Dr.    Lewis    M. 
Hustis,  Mr.   J.  H.,   Jr. 
Hatchings,   Mrs.    J.    Henry 
Hutchins,    Mr.    Charles   F. 
Hutchinson,  Miss   Helen  S. 
Hyde,   Mr.   RusseU  S. 
Hyman,  Mr.  Abe 

Imper,    Mrs.    Robert 

Ingalls,   Mr.    F.    C. 

Isaacs,  Prof,  and  Mrs.   Nathan 

Jack,  Mrs.   Edwin   E. 

Jackson,    Miss   Annie   H. 

Jackson,    Miss    Ethel    L. 

Jackson,    Miss    Margaret    G. 

Jackson,    Miss   Mary  Lee 

Jeffrey,   Mrs.    Charles    S. 

Jeffrey,  Prof,   and  Mrs.   Edward  C. 

Jeial,  Mr.   Jacob 

Jenney,   Mrs.   A.    S. 

JeweU,   Mrs.   Charlotte  M. 

JeweU,   Mrs.    Pliny,   Jr. 

Johnmann,    Miss    Elizabeth 

Johnson,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  S. 

Johnson,  Miss  Ethel  M. 

Johnson,  Mr.  Harold  H. 

Johnson,    Mrs.    Peer   P. 

Jones,    Miss    Alice   E. 

Jones,    Mr.    Chandler 

Jones,    Mrs.    Daniel    Fiske 

Jones,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Durham 

Jones,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elmer 

Jones,  Mr.   Lawrence  L. 

Jones,  Miss  Margaret  H. 

Jones,  Mrs.  Paul 

Jones,    Miss    Rebecca 

Jordan,    Mrs.    Richard 

Joslin,   Dr.  and  Mrs.   Elliott  P. 

Kaplan,  Mrs.   Bernard 

Kavanagh,   Mr.   E.   &. 

Kaye,    Mr.    Sidney   Leon 

Kazanjian,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  V.  H. 

Keck,  Mr.   Emil   G. 

Keene,    Mrs.    Paul  M. 

Keith,    Mrs.    George   E. 

Keith,   Miss   S.   Emma 

Kelchner,   Mr.   C.   S. 

Keller,    Mr.    Bert 

Kellett,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Howard  P. 

Kellog,    Mrs.    Caroline    J. 

Kellogg,   Miss   Julia   R. 

Kendall   Boiler  and   Tank   Company 

Kennedy,   Captain   David  V.   Shaw 

Kennedy,    Mrs.    P.   L. 

Kent,   Mrs.   Ira  R. 

Kershaw,    Mrs.    Francis    S. 

Keville,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  J. 

Kidder,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Alfred  V. 

Kienbusch,   Mr.    C.    O.   V. 

Kimball,    Mrs.    Edward    T. 

Kimball,    Mrs.    Frank    W. 

Kimball.    Mr.    Fred   N. 


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Kimball.    Mrs.    Frederic    Paige  N.  Y. 
Kimball,   Mrs.   H.   D.,    Treasurer, 

Tri  bigma  Sorority,  Beta  Chapter,  N.  J. 

Kimball.  Miss   Winifred  K.  Mass. 

ii.impion.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  R.  Mass. 

Kmcaid,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Percy  B.  Mass. 

King,    Mrs.    Charles    A.  Mass. 

King,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    Frederic    L.  Mass. 

King,   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Henry   P.  Mass. 

King,    Mrs.    Tarrant    P.  Iviass. 

Kmgsley,   Mrs.  Robert  C.  Mass. 

Kitiretlge,    Mrs.    George    L.  Mass. 

Kiopot,    Mr.    Abraham  Mass. 

Knight,   Kev.   and  Mrs.   Walter  Mass. 

Knowles,    Mr.    Lucius    J.  Masb. 

Knowlton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  W.  Mass. 

Koehier,     Miss     Bertha  N.  J. 

Kress,    Samuel    H.,    Foundation  N.  Y. 

Kuhns,   Dr.   John   G.  Mass. 

Kummer,    Miss    Lucy  Mass. 


LaCroix,    Mrs.   Morris   F.  Mass. 

Lamb,   Miss   Rosamond  Mass. 

Lancaster,    Mrs.    W.    B.  Mass. 

Land,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Guy  Mass. 

Laneres,    Mrs.    Georgette  Mass. 

Lang,    Miss    Margaret  Mass. 

Langley,   Mr.   Ernest  F.  Mass. 

Langmann,    Mrs.    Alfred   G.  N.  Y. 

Lanier,    Mrs.    Henry    W.  N.  Y. 
Laughlin,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  A.       Mass. 

Leake,   Miss    Caroline   R.  Mass. 

Learned,  Mrs.    George  A.  Mass. 

Lee,    Mrs.    George  Mass. 

Lee,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  C.  Mass. 
Leland,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Edmund  F.       Mass. 

Leland,    Miss    Elizabeth   C.  Mass. 

Lenk,    Mrs.    Walter    E.  Mass. 
Leonard,    Mrs.    Russell    H. 
Leselle,   Mrs.    John  M. 

Leslie,    Mrs.    Jessie   Saybolt  N.  J. 

Levi,   Rev.  Harry  Mass. 

Levi,    Mr.    Leon  Md. 

Levison,    Mr.    Benjamin  N.  Y. 

Levy,    Miss     Julia  N.  Y. 

Lewis,    Mrs.    George  Mass. 

Lewis,   Miss    Hortense  Mass. 

Ley,  Mr.   Harold   A.  N.  Y. 

Lichtenstein,   Mrs.  A.   B.  N.  Y. 

Lilley,   Miss    Sarah   M.  Maine 

Lincoln,    Mrs.    George    L.  Mass. 

Lissman,    Rev.    Edward  N.  Y. 

Litchfield,    Mr.    Everett   S.  Mass. 

Litchfield,  Mr.  Joshua  Q.  Mass. 

Livermore,   Mrs.    Homer   F.  Mass. 

Loder,    Dr.   Halsey  B.  Mass. 

Lodge,  Mrs.  Henry  Cabot,  Jr.  Ma^s. 

Loeb,    Mrs.    C.    K.  N.  Y. 

Loeffler,   Mrs.   H.   C.  Md. 

Loeser,    Mr.    Nathan  Ohio 

Logan,   Mrs.   Alexander  H.  Mass. 

Lombard,    Mrs.    Percival   H.  Mass. 

Long,   Mr.  and  Mrs.   George  W.          Mass. 

Longley,   Mr.   Arthur   S.  Mass. 
Longstreet,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Mass. 

Lord,    Mrs.    W.    H.  Mass. 

Loring,   Miss   Marjorie  C.  Mass. 

Lothrop,   Miss  Mary  B.  Mass. 

Lothrop,   Mrs.    Warren  Mass. 

Lovejoy,    Mrs.    Frederick    H.  Mass. 

Lovejoy,    Miss    Helen   D.  Mass. 

Lowe,   Mr.    Joe  N.  Y. 

Lowe,   Miss   Katherine  M.  Mass. 

Lufkin,    Mr.    Richard   H.  Mass. 

Lund,    Dr.    and   Mrs.    Fred   B.  Mass. 

Lunt,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Daniel  B.             Mass. 

Lux,   Miss    Alta   M.  Kans. 

Lyman,   Mrs.    Arthur  Mass. 

Lyman,   Mrs.   Harrison  P.  Mass. 

Lynn  Association   for  the   Blind  Mass. 

Lyon,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  A.           Mass. 


MacDonald,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  S.          Mass. 

MacFarlane,     Miss    Emily  Mass. 
MacGregor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harman  B. 

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Mack,    Miss    Rebecca  Ohio 

Mackin,    Mrs.    Harry   I.  Mass. 

Mackinney,    Mrs.    P.    B.  N.  J. 

MacLeod,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Eldon  Mass. 

MacMillan,    Mrs.    Adam    J.  Mass. 

Macomber,   Mrs.    Harry  J.  N.  Y. 

MacPhie,  Mrs.   E.   I.  Mass. 

Maddocks,   Mr.   John  A.  Mass. 

Magann,    Mr".    Frank    P.  Mass. 

Magfinnis,    Mr.    Charles    D.  Mass. 

MaKoon,   Mr.   Kenneth   S.  Mass. 

Mailman,   Mr.   Guy  W.  Mass. 

Malcolm,    Mr.    William    J.  Mass. 

Malloch,    Miss    E.    Louise  Mass. 

Malloch,    Mrs.    Walter    Scott  Calif. 

Maltzman,    Mr.    Harry  Mass. 

Mandel,  Mrs.  Richard  H.  N.  Y. 

Markham,   Mrs.    Mary  Gall  Mass. 

Marks,    Mr.    Isidore  Mass. 

Marsh,    Mrs.    Jasper  Mass. 
Marshall,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laurence  K.  Mass. 

Marston,  Mr.   Walter  M.  Mass. 

Martin,    Mrs.   Harold   W.  Mass. 

Martin,   Mrs.   Leroy   H.  Mass. 

Mason,   Mrs.    Charles    H.  Mass. 

Mason,   Mrs.    Jesse   H.  Mass. 

Mason,    Mrs.   Louis    B.  N.  Y. 

Massachusetts    Rainbow   Girls  Mass. 

Masson,   Mrs.   Robert  L.  Mass. 

Maury,   Mrs.   H.   L.  Mont. 

May,    Mrs.    Marcus    B.  Mass. 

May,   Mr.   William   F.  Mass. 

Masmard,    Mrs.     Forrest    J.  Mass. 
Maynard,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  S.       Mass. 

Mayosmith,    Mr.    Richmond  Mass. 

Mazyck,   Miss    Margaret   K.  S.  C. 

Meder,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   A.   E.  N.  J. 

Melcher.    Miss    Edith  Mass. 
Mendenhall.   Dr.    and  Mrs.  Walter       Mass. 

Menzer,   Miss    Lily   C.  N.  Y. 

Merian,    Mrs.   A.    W.  Maine 

Meripold.    Mr.    Benjamin    S.  Mass. 

Merrill,   Mrs.   Luther  M.  Mass. 

Merrill.   Mrs.    Sbprborn   M.  Mass. 

Merritt,    Miss    Mildred    A.  Penn. 

Mesker.    Mrs.    Frank  Mo. 

Metcalf,    Mrs.   Robert  B.  Mass. 

Micbie,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.   Stuart  Mass. 

Middleton.   Mrs.   W.   Noel  Mass. 

Mimart,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Paul  Mass. 

Minot,  Mr.  James  J.  Mass. 

Minot,   Mr.   Wavland   M.  Mass. 

Mitchell,   Miss   Lillian  Mass. 

Mixter,   Dr.  and  Mrs.    Charles  G.         Mass. 

Mixter,   Mrs.   William   Jason  Mass. 

Moffitt,    Mr.    J.    K.  Calif. 

Mohr,    Mr.    Frank    J.  Penn. 

Moir.  Mr.   and  Mrs.   John    A.  Mass. 

Monday   Club,   North  Wevmouth  Mass. 

Monks,    Dr.   and   Mrs.    -John    P.  Mass. 

Monroe,    Mr.    Arthur   E.  Mass. 

Moody,  Miss   -Tulia  E.  Mass. 

Moon,    Mr.    Pnr-rv  Mass. 

Moore,   Mr.    C^rl   F.  Mass. 

Moore,    M^s.    Clifford    H.  Mass. 

Moore,    Mrs.    Fdward    C.  Mass. 

Moore,    Mr.    Frederic    E.  Mass. 

Moore,    Mrs.    Gfor-re    L.  Mass. 

Mnore,  Mr.   8.t>(1  Mrs.   George  W.         D.  C. 

Moore,    Mrs.    Hugh   K.  Mass. 

Moore,   Miss   Isabelle   T.  Mass. 

Moore,   Mrs.    J.   Lowell  Mass. 

Moore,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  A.         Mass. 

Moreland    .Mr.    Edward    L.  Mass. 

Morgan,   Mr.   Edmund  M.  Mass. 

Morgan,   Mrs.   John   S.  Mass. 

Morgan,    Mrs.    Vincent  Mass. 

Morine,   Mr.    John   Theodore  Calif. 

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Morrill,  Mr.  Leon  G.  Mssa. 

Morris,    Miss   H.    Pearl  Ohio 
Morse,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Arthur  H.         Mass. 

Morse,    Mrs.   James    F.  Mass. 

Morse,    Miss    Jessie   G.  Mass. 

Morse,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  G.  Mass. 

Morton,   Mrs.   James   M.  Mass. 

Morton,    Mr.    Stanley  Mass. 

Moses,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    George  Mass. 

Moses,   Mr.   John    C.  Mass. 

Mosher,   Mrs.   Harris    P.  Mass. 

Motherwell,   Mr.   J.   W.  Mass. 

Motley,    Mr.    Caspar  Mass. 

Mott,    Mrs.    Percival  Mass. 

Mountz,   Mrs.   James  Mass. 

Mowrer,   Mr.    O.    H.  Mass. 

Muldoon,    Miss   Elizabeth   C.  Mass. 

Mullin,    Mr.   M.   J.  Mass. 

Munro,  Mrs.  John   C.  Mass. 

Murphy,    Rev.   David   J.  Mass. 

Murphy,    Mr.    Ray    Slater  N.  Y. 

Murray,   Miss    Frances    C.  Mass. 

Murray    Printing    Company  Mass. 

Myers,   Mrs.   Charles    H.  Mass. 

McCabe,    Joseph    P.,    Inc.  Mass. 

McClelland,    Miss    Ruth    J.  Mass. 

McClintock,  Mrs.  Maud  P.  Mass. 

McConnel,    Mrs.    Charles    W.  Mass. 

McCreary,    Mrs.    Lewis    S.  Mass. 

McGarry,    Rev.   John   J.  Mass. 

McGinley,    Mrs.   John   R.  Conn. 

McGoodwin,     Mrs.     Henry  Mass. 

McGowan,   Miss   Ethel  Mass. 

McHugh,    Mr.   Edward  J.  Mass. 

McKay,    Mrs.    Edward  Mass. 

McKibbin,   Miss    Emily  W.  Mass. 
McKittrick,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Leland  S.    Mass. 

McMichael,    Mrs.    Louise   G.  Mass. 

McPheetera,   Mrs.    T.    S.  Mo. 


Nash,    Miss    Carolyn    R.  D.  C. 

Nathan,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Joseph  B.  Mass. 

Neal,    Mrs.    Ernest    B.  Mass. 

Neiley,   Mrs.    Geoffrey  C.  Mass. 

Neilson,   Mrs.   John   P.   E.  Mass. 

Nelson,   Mrs.    Joseph  N.  Y. 
New    England    Baptist   Hospital 

Alumnae   Association  Mass. 

Newell,    Mrs.    Lyman    C.  Mass. 

Neyhart,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Adnah  Mass. 

Nichols,    Mrs.   A.    B.  Mass. 

Nichols,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  G.  Mass. 

Nichols,    W.    H.    and    Sons  Mass. 

Nickerson,    Mrs.    Annie   L.  Mass. 

Niles,   Miss   Marion    H.  Mass. 
Noble,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  K.  D.  Honolulu,  T.  H. 

Nock,   Mr.   A.   D.  Mass. 

Norcross.    Mrs.    William    W.  Mass. 

Norris,    Mrs.    James    F.  Mass. 

Norton,  Mrs.  D.  C.  N.  H. 

Norton.    Mrs.    Helen    B.  N.  Y. 

Norwich,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Samuel  Mass. 

Norwood.   Mr.    Sidney  Mass. 

Nowell,   Mr.  and  Mrs.   James  Mass. 

Noyes,  Mrs.    Harry  K.  Mass. 

Noyes,    Mr.    James    B.  Mass. 

Nurenbursr,    Mr.    Henry   L.  N.  Y. 

Nutter,    Mr.    William    S.  Maine 


O'Keeffe,    Mr.    Arthur  Mass. 

O'Keeffe,    Mr.    Lionel  Mass. 

Oliver,    Miss    Susan    L.  Mass. 

Onwood,    Mr.  and   Mrs.   Rene  Mass. 

Orcutt,  Mrs.    W.  D.  Mass. 

Orr,  Mrs.   Horace  W.  Mass. 
Osborne,   Mr.   and  Mrs.    Francis   B.    Mass. 

Osgood,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  B.  Mass. 

Otis,   Mrs.    Herbert    F.  Mass. 

Ott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  M.  Mass. 

Owen,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carlton  W.  Mass. 


Vickery,  Mrs.  Herman  F.  Mass. 
Vo^fsl,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus  H.       Mass. 

Vogeiey,    Mrs.    W.     Roebiing  N.  Y. 

Volkmann,   Mrs.    James    Howe  Mass. 

von   Liifeberman,   Mr.   F.    A.  Mass. 

Wait,    Mr.    Richard  Mass. 

Walker,    Miss    Jane    B.  N.  Y. 

Walker,  Mrs.   Stella  S.  Calif. 

Wallace,   Miss   Bessie  M.  N.  Y. 

Walburg,    Mrs.    O.  Mass. 

Waller,    Miss    Jessie  N.  Y. 

Walworth,    Miss    Harriet  Mass. 

Waples,   Mr.    S.    H.  Mich. 

Ward,    Mr.    Edgar  Mass. 

Ward,   Miss   M.    DeC.  Mass. 

Warner,   Mrs.    Sam   B.  Mass. 

Warren,    Mrs.    Bayard  Mass. 

Warren,    Mrs.    S.    L.  N.  J. 

Washburn,   Rev.    Henry   B.  Mass. 

Washburn,    Mrs.    Mary    L.  Mass. 

Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  A.  Mass. 
Webster,   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Laurence  J. 

Mass. 

Weil,   Mr.   Jesse  Ky. 

Welch,   Mr.    William   M.  Mass. 

Wellman,   Miss    Mabel  I'nd. 

Wells,    Mrs.    Ernest    L.  Mass. 

Wells,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  B.  Mass. 

Wells,    Mr.    Wellington,     Jr.  D.  C. 

Wendell,    Mr.    Arthur    R.  N.  J. 

Wessel,    Mrs.    A.    C.  Mass. 

Wessell,  Mrs.  Florence  Mass. 
West,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Saltonstall 

West,  Mrs.   Henry  S.  Va. 

West  Newton  Women's  Club  Mass. 

Weston,   Mr.   Melville  F.  Mass. 

Wetherbee,   Miss   Lila  Mass. 

Whealan,    Mr.    James    E.  111. 

Wheelan,  Mr.  R.   B.  N.  Y. 

Wheelwright,  Mrs.  Mabel  D.  C. 
Whipple,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Mass. 
Whitcomb,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  A.  Mass. 

White,  Miss   Gertrude   R.  Mass. 

White,   Mr.   and  Mrs.  Richardson  Mass. 

Whiteman,  Mrs.   John   B.  Mass. 

Whiting,   Mr.    John   K.  Mass. 


Whitman,  Mrs.  William,   Jr.  Mass. 

Whitmarsh,    Mr.    Porter    W.  Mass. 

Whitmore,   Mrs.  A.   L.  Mass. 

Whitney,    Mr.   and   Mrs.    C.   H.  Mass. 

Whitney,    Mrs.    Geoffrey    G.  Mass. 

Whitney,   Mrs.    Theodore   T.  Mass. 

Whitney,    Mrs.    WUliam    T.  Mass. 

Whittaker,    Miss    Ann   K.  N.  J. 

Whittem,    Mr.    A.    F.  Mass. 

Whittemore,    Mrs.    T.    P.  Mass. 

Wiese,    Mr.    Robert   G.  Mass. 

Wight,    Mrs.    Elsie   B.  Mass. 

Wight,    Mrs.    Marcus    Seymour  Mass. 

Wilcox,    Mr.    F.    C.  K.  Y. 

Wiley,    Mrs.    W.    O.  N.  Y. 

Williams,   Mrs.   Holden   P.  Mass. 

Williams,  Mrs.   J.   Bertram  Mass. 

Williams,    Mrs.    Moses  Mass. 

Williams,  Mr.   Roy  P.  Mass. 
Williams,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Thomas   R.     N.  Y. 

Williamson,  Miss   Clara  R.  Mass. 

Willing,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   James  Mass. 

WiDiston,    Miss    Emily  Mass. 

Wilson,   Miss    Elizabeth   W.  Mass. 

Wilson,  Mrs.   F.   A.  Mass. 

Wilson,    Mrs.    Russell  Ohio 

Winn,    Mr.    Charles    C.  Mass. 

Winslow,    Mrs.    Robert  Mass. 
Winsor,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Alexander        Mass. 

Winsor,    Mrs.    Frederick  Mass. 

Winsor,    Miss   Mary   P.  Mass. 

Winthrop,    Miss    Clara   B.  Mass. 

Wise,    Mrs.    Harold   W.  Mass. 

Wiswell,    Mrs.    Augustus    C.  Mass. 
Witte,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    Edward    B.          Mass. 

Wolf,    Mrs.   Louis  Ind. 

Women's    Rest    Tour   Association  Mass. 

Wood,  Mrs.  C.  F.  Ky. 

Wood,    Mrs.    O.    G.  Mass. 

Woodworth,    Mrs.    A.    D.  Mass. 

Wright,    Mr.    E.    C.  Ohio 

Wright,  Mr.   George  R.  Mass. 

Wright,    Mrs.    George   S.  Mass. 

Wright,   Mrs.   Vernon  A.  Minn. 

Wylie,   Miss    Louise  Mass. 

Yaglou,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Constantin  P.    Mass. 
Young,    Dr.   and  Mrs.   Edward  L.         Mass. 


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FORM  OF  BEQUEST 

I  hereby  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution 
AND  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly 
organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  the  sum  of  dollars  C$  ),  the  same  to 

be  applied  to  the  general  uses  and  purposes  of  said  corporation 
under  the  direction  of  its  Board  of  Trustees ;  and  I  do  hereby  direct 
that  the  receipt  of  the  Treasurer  for  the  time  being  of  said 
corporation  shall  be  a  sufficient  discharge  to  my  executors  for  the 
same. 


FORM  OF  DEVISE  OF  REAL  ESTATE 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly  organ- 
ized and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, that  certain  tract  of  real  estate  bounded  and  described  as 
follows : 

(Here  describe  the  real  estate  accurately) 


with  full  power  to  sell,  mortgage  and  convey  the  same  free  of  all 

4  I'll  a4-a 


trusts. 


NOTICE 

The  address  of  the  treasurer  of  the  corporation  is  as  follows: 

JOHN  P.  CHASE 

75  Federal  Street,  Boston  10,  Mass. 


I 

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ONE  HUNDRED  AND  FIFTEENTH 
ANNUAL  REPORT 


PERKINS  INSTITUTION 

AND  MASSACHUSETTS  SCHOOL 
FOR  THE  BLIND 


Incorporated  March  2,  1829 


1946 


Offices  of  Administration  and  Schools 
WATERTOWN  72,  MASS. 


The  Workshop 

549  East  Fourth  Street 

SOUTH  BOSTON  27,  MASS. 


The  Treasurer 

75  Federal  Street 

BOSTON  10,  MASS. 


CONTENTS 

Calendar 4 

History 5 

Past  Officers 6 

Officers  of  the  Corporation 7 

Officers  of  Administration 8 

Upper  School  Staff 9 

Lower  School  Staff 10 

Members  of  the  Corporation 11 

Proceedings  of  the  Corporation 13 

Report  of  the  Trustees 15 

Report  of  the  Director 17 

Report  of  the  Ophthalmologist        .        .        .        .        .        .        .43 

Report  of  the  Physician 44 

Report  of  the  Dentists 46 

"Workshop  for  Adults 47 

Howe  Memorial  Press 48 

List  of  Pupils 49 

Acknowledgments 52 

Statement  of  Accounts      .       .        . 55 

Institution 56 

Howe  Memorial  Press 62 

Kindergarten 64 

Contributors 68 

Form  of  Bequest 77 


CALENDAR 

1946-1947 

September  10.  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

September  17.  Staff  Meeting 

September  18.  Pupils  return  after  Summer  Vacation 

September  19.  School  begins 

September  23.  Matrons'  Meeting  (All  Matrons) 

October  7.  Staff  Meeting 

October  8.  Executive  Committee  Meeting 

October  9.  Staff  Reception  —  Director's  Residence 

October  14.  Matrons'  Meeting  (Lower  School) 

November    4.  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation 

November  11.  Staff  Meeting 

November  12.  Executive  Committee  Meeting 

November  18.  Matrons'  Meeting  (Girls'  Upper  School) 

November  28.  Thanksgiving  Day 

December  9.  Staff  Meeting 

December  10.  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

December  15.  Christmas  Concert 

December  16.  Matrons'  Meeting  (Boys'  Upper  School) 

December  16.  Cottage  Christmas  Parties 

December  17.  Christmas  Concert 

December  19.  Christmas  Concert 

December  20.  Beginning  Christmas  Vacation 

Pupils  and  Staff  return  from  Vacation 

School  begins 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (All  Matrons) 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 
Matrons'  Meeting  (Lower  School) 
Holiday 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
Matrons'  Meeting  (Girls'  Upper  School) 
Pupils  leave  for  Easter  Vacation  after  Classes 

Pupils  return  from  Easter  Vacation 
Executive  Committee  Meeting 
School  begins 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (All  Matrons) 

Holiday 

Alumnae  Day 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Graduation  Day 

Alumni  Day 

September    8.  Staff  Meeting 

September    9.  Pupils  Return  from  Smnmer  Vacation 

September  10.  School  Begins 

September  16.  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 


January  6. 

January  7. 

January  13. 

January  14. 

January  20. 

February  11, 
February  17. 
February    22. 

March  10. 

March  11. 

March  17. 

March  27. 

April  7. 

April  8. 

April  8. 

May  12. 
13. 
19. 

30. 

7. 

9. 
10. 
12. 
14. 


May 
May 

June 
June 
June 
June 
June 


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PERKINS  INSTITUTION 

History 

IN  1826  Dr.  John  D.  Fisher  returned  to  Boston  from  Paris  resolved  to  provide  for 
the  blind  of  Massachusetts  the  same  care  afforded  them  in  France.  Enlisting 

the  aid  of  friends,  a  committee  was  formed  and  upon  petition  to  the  Legislature 
an  Act  of  Incorporation  was  granted  on  March  2, 1829,  establishing  "The  New  England 
Asylimi  for  the  Blind,"  the  first  school  in  America  for  those  without  sight.  In  1831 
Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  just  returned  from  participation  in  the  Greek  wars,  was 
elected  the  first  director,  and  in  August,  1832,  the  first  classes  were  held  in  the  house 
of  Dr.  Howe's  father  on  Pleasant  Street. 

During  the  early  years  Col.  Thomas  H.  Perkins  became  interested  in  the  little 
school  and  gave  for  its  use  his  large  house  on  Pearl  Street.  The  need  for  larger  quarters 
was  soon  apparent,  and  in  1839  the  great  hotel  in  South  Boston  was  purchased.  This 
purchase  was  made  possible  by  the  assent  of  Colonel  Perkins  to  the  sale  of  the  house 
that  he  had  given  to  the  School.  Because  of  this  magnanimous  attitude  of  Colonel 
Perkins  the  Trustees  renamed  the  school  "Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts 
Asyliun  for  the  Blind."  This  name  was  changed  in  1877  to  the  present  name,  "Perkins 
Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind." 

Dr.  Howe  directed  the  growing  work  of  Perkins  Institution  for  forty  years  and 
was  succeeded  in  1876  by  his  Greek  prot6g6  and  son-in-law,  Michael  Anagnos.  Mr. 
Anagnos  created  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  for  publishing  embossed  books  and  for 
the  manufacture  of  appliances  for  education  of  the  blind.  In  1887  he  founded  the 
Kindergarten  in  Jamaica  Plain,  the  first  school  in  the  world  for  little  blind  children. 
After  thirty  years  of  leadership  Mr.  Anagnos  died  in  Rmnania  in  1906. 

In  1907  the  directorship  of  Perkins  Institution  fell  to  Edward  E.  Allen,  head  of 
the  school  for  the  blind  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  had  just  rebuilt  the  school  plant 
on  a  garden  site  outside  of  the  city.  Coming  to  Boston,  Mr.  Allen  began  plans  for 
a  new  Perkins,  and  in  1912  the  Institution  and  in  1913  the  Kindergarten  were  housed 
in  the  beautiful  new  plant  at  Watertown.  These  buildings,  situated  on  an  old  estate 
of  thirty-four  acres  on  the  banks  of  the  Charles  River,  have  school  and  residence 
facilities  for  nearly  three  hundred  pupils.  Dr.  Allen  retired  in  1931.  His  last  official 
act  was  to  write  the  one  hundredth  annual  report.  Thus  for  a  century  Perkins  Institu- 
tion had  but  three  directors. 

Purpose 

Perkins  Institution  provides  for  the  visually  handicapped  youth  of  New  England 
full  educational  opportunity  from  Kindergarten  through  High  School.  The  content 
of  instruction  corresponds  with  that  offered  to  seeing  boys  and  girls  in  the  public 
schools.  The  methods  of  instruction  of  necessity  differ.  Principal  differences  are 
that  embossed  books  take  the  place  of  ink-print,  and  studies  are  taught  objectively. 
In  the  adaptation  and  invention  of  means  of  instructing  the  blind,  Perkins  has  been 
a  pioneer  through  its  century  of  existence.  Much  attention  is  paid  to  physical  and 
manual  training  and  to  music.  Opportunity  is  provided  for  those  qualified  to  pursue 
higher  studies  or  take  advanced  work  in  music  and  vocational  fields. 

Boys  and  girls  without  sight  or  with  insufficient  sight  to  read  ink-print  are  admitted 
as  pupils,  if  capable  of  education  and  in  good  health.  While  at  the  school  pupils  reside 
in  cottages  where  the  teachers  also  live,  and  through  this  association  they  acquire 
that  unconscious  tuition  which  is  such  an  important  part  of  the  program  of  socializa- 
tion. The  primary  aim  of  Perkins  Institution  is  to  qualify  its  visually  handicapped 
pupils  to  take  contributory  places  in  normal  life.  New  pupils  are  admitted  in  September 
and  February,  and  all  pupils  must  return  to  their  homes  for  the  short  vacations  at 
Christmas  and  Easter  and  for  the  long  vacation  in  the  summer. 


PAST  OFFICERS 


PRESIDENTS 


1830-1837,  Jonathan  Philups 
1838-1839,  Samuel  Appleton 
1840-1846,  Peter  C.  Brooks 
1847-1854,  Richard  Fletcher 
1855-1861,  Edward  Brooks 
1861-1869,  Samuel  Mat 


1870-1871,  Martin  Brimmer 
1872-1897,  Samuel  Eliot 
1898-1930,  Francis  H.  Appleton 
1930-1946,  Robert  H.  Hallo  well 
1946-  Reginald  Fitz,  M.D. 


VICE-PRESIDENTS 


1830-1834,  William  Calhoun 
1835-1846,  Thomas  H.  Perkins 
1847-1850,  Edward  Brooks 
1851-185^,  John  D.  Fisher 
1852-1866,  Stephen  Fairbanks 
1867-1870,  Joseph  Lyman 
1871-1892,  John  Cummings 


1893-1896,  George  Hale 
1897-1911,  Amory  a.  Lawrence 
1912-1913,  N.  P.  Hallowell 
1914-1921,  George  H.  Richards 
1922-1929,  William  L.  Richardson 
1930-1946,  G.  Peabody  Gardner 
1946-  Ralph  Lowell 


TREASURERS 


1830-1839,  Richard  Tucker 
1840-1846,  Peter  R.  Dalton 
1847-1861,  Thomas  B,  Wales 
1862-1868,  William  Clafun 
1869-1872,  William  Endicott 
1873-1879,  Henry  Endicott 
1880-1881,  Patrick  T.  Jackson 


1881-1902,  Edward  Jackson 
1903-1904,  Patrick  T.  Jackson 
1904-1916,  William  Endicott 
1917-1935,  Albert  Thorndike 
1935-1945,  Roger  Amory 
1945-  John  P.  Chase 


SECRETARIES  AND  DIRECTORS 


1831-1876,  Samuel  Gridley  Howe 
1876-1906,  Michael  Anagnos 


1907-1931,  Edward  E.  Allen 
1931-  Gabriel  Farrell 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION 

1946-1947 

PRESIDENT 
Reginald  Fitz,  M,D. 


VICE-PRESIDENT 

Ralph  Lowell 

SECRETARY 
Gabriel  Fakkell 


TREASURER 
John  P.  Chase 

ASSISTANT  TREASURER 
Howard  Whitmoke,  Jr. 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

David  Cheever,  Jr.  Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D. 

Rev.  John  J.  Connollt*  Daniel  J.  Lyne* 

Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson  Charles  Maliotis* 

Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.  Warren  Motley 

Robert  H.  Hallowell  Mrs.  Henry  Parkman,  Jr.* 

Mrs.  Homer  Gage  Richard  Saltonstall 

STANDING  COMMITTEES 


Executive 
Regestald  Fitz,  M.D.,  President,  ex  officio 
John  P.  Chase,  Treasurer,  ex  officio 
Gabriel  Farrell,  Secretary,  ex  officio 
Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson 
Robert  H.  Hallowell 
Daniel  J.  Lyne  Warren  Motley 


Finance 
John  P.  Chase,  Treasurer,  ex  offi^ 
Robert  H.  Hallowell 
Ralph  Lowell 
Richard  Saltonstall 


SUB-COMMITTEES 

Appointed  by  the  Executive  Committee 
Education 


Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D. 
Robert  H.  Hallowell 
Rev.  John  J.  Connolly 


Health 
Reginald  Fitz,  M.D. 
Mrs.  Homer  Gage 
Mrs.  Henry  Parkman,  Jb. 


MONTHLY  VISITING  COMMITTEE 

Whose  duty  it  is  to  visit  and  inspect  the  Institution  at  least  once  in  each  month 


January  Warren  Motley 

February  Reginald  Fitz,  M.D. 

March  Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D. 

April  David  Cheever,  Jr. 

May  Richard  Saltonstall 


June  Robert  H.  Hallowell 

September  Mrs.  Homer  Gage 
October      Mrs.  Henry  Parkman,  Jr. 
November  Daniel  J.  Lyne 
December  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson 


LADIES'  VISITING  COMMITTEE  TO  THE  KINDERGARTEN 
Mrs.  Frederick  J.  Alley,  Secretary 
Miss  Andree  Cassels  Mrs.  Algernon  Coolidge 

Mrs.  Alfred  Kidder,  2d  Miss  Eleanor  S.  Parker 

Honorary  Members 
Mrs.  Larz  Anderson  Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott 

*Appointed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth. 

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OFFICERS  OF  ADMINISTRATION 

DIRECTOR 
GABRIEL  FARRELL,  B.S.,  B.D.,  D.D. 

DIRECTOR-EMERITUS 
EDWARD  E.  ALLEN.  A.B.,  D.Sc. 

OFFICE 
r.  Stephenson  Hemphill,  B.S.,  M.B.A.,  Bursar 

Ethel  L.  MacKenzie 


Secretary  to  the  Director  Bookkeeper 

Vebna  L.  Anderson  Alice  E.  Dougher 

Secretary  to  the  Bursar  Assistant 

Mrs.  Helen  C.  Grant  Frank  H.  GREENEf 

Secretary  to  the  Principal  Telephone  Operator 

Harriet  M.  Phillipsj  Joan  Baum 

Ediphonist  Assistant 
Mrs.  Olive  W.  Putnam,  Receptionist* 

LIBRARY 
Mart  Esther  Sawyer,  Librarian 
Florence  J.  Worth,  Circulation  Marion  A.  Woodworth,  Reference 

DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH 
Victor  G.  Balboni,  M.D.,  Attending  Physician 
Marjorie  Potter,  R.N.,  Resident  Nurse 
Trygve  Gundersen,  M.D.  Reinhold  Ruelberg,  D.M.D. 

Joseph  M.  Clough,  M.D.  Dentist  for  the  Lower  School 

Ophthalmologists  Mark  D.  Elliott,  D.D.S. 

Herbert  Barry,  Jr.,  M.D.  Dentist  for  the  Upper  School 

D      .  •  .  •  .  Frank  R.  Ober,  M.D. 

Psychiatrist 

Orthopedic  Surgeon 

Allan  M.  Butler,  M.D.  Charles  L  Johnson,  M.D. 

Pediatrician  Otologist 

Henry  R.  Viets,  M.D.  Francis  R.  Dieuaide,  M.D. 

Neurologist  Syphilologist 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PERSONNEL  AND  RESEARCH 

Samuel  P.  Hayes,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Psychologist 

Frances  E.  Marshall  Mrs.  Sina  F.  Waterhouse,  A.B.,  M.A.t 

Home  Visitor  Speech  Correction 

E.  Jane  Smith,  B.S.  M.  Albertina  Eastman,  B.S.f 

Psychometrist  Speech  Correction 

Shirlie  L.  Smith,  R.P.T.T.  Marjorie  F.  Ritchie 

Physiotherapist  Secretary 

DEPARTMENT  OF  MAINTENANCE 
Nelson  Coon  Maurice  J.  Carroll 

Buildings  and  Grounds  Chief  Engineer 

♦Employed  part  time.  fVisually  handicapped. 

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UPPER  SCHOOL  STAFF 

Allan  W.  Sherman,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Principal 
Alice  M.  Carpenter,  A.B.,  M.A.,  D.Ped.,  Supervisor  of  Girls 

COLLEGE  PREPARATORY  AND  LITERARY  DEPARTMENTS 

Florence  W.  Barbour,  A.B.  Anna  G.  Newell,  A.B.,  Ph.D.* 

John  P.  Egan,  B.S.f  Claudia  Potter,  A.B. 

Ethel  D.  Evans  Clara  L.  Pratt 

Gertrude  S.  HARLOwf  Elsie  H.  Simonds,  A.B. 

Genevieve  M.  Haven,  A.B.,  Ed.M.  Orin  A.  Stone,  B.S.,  B.D.,  M.A, 

Akmand  J.  MicHAUD,  A.B.,  M.A.f  Edward  J.  Waterhouse,  B.A.,  M.A. 

Philip  G.  Worrick,  B.S.  Beatrice  F.  Pinkham,  B.S. 

Physical  Education  Physical  Education 

MUSIC  DEPARTMENT 
John  F.  Haetwell 
Edward  W.  Jenkins,  L.T.C.L.*t  George  Faulkner,  L.T.C.L. 

Paul  L.  Bauguss*  LoxnsE  Seymour 

Mrs.  Marjorie  A.  Carr  Mrs.  Virginia  B.  Raymond* 

Elizabeth  C.  Hart 

COMMERCIAL  DEPARTMENT 
Mart  H.  Ferguson  Mrs.  Vesta  V.  Coon,  A.B. 

VOCATIONAL  DEPARTMENT 
Susan  M.  Brooks  Frances  L.  McGaw 

Walter  P.  Carr  Sharlie  M.  Chandler 

Leo  V.  Gittzus,  B.S.,  M.A.  Helen  Dunne,  B.S. 

Sidney  B.  DurfeeI  Arlene  I.  Eccles,  B.S. 

Pianoforte  Tuning  Home  Economics 

MATRONS  OF  COTTAGES 
Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Keith,  Eliot  Mrs.  Ruth  E.  Geer,  Fisher 

Mrs.  Stella  D.  Jenkins,  Bridgman  Mrs.  Pearl  Gosling,  Brooks 

Miss  Laura  Tripp,  Tompkins  Mrs.  Nellie  E.  H.  Hamill,  May 

Mrs.  Frieda  Jablonske,  Moulton  Miss  Stella  S.  Eldridge,  Oliver 

DEPARTMENT  OF  TEACHER  TRAINING 
Dr.  Edward  E.  Allen 
Lecturer,  Graduate  School  of  Education,  Harvard  University 
Dr.  Gabriel  Farrell  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Hayes 

Lecturer,  Graduate  School  of  Education  Consulting  Psychologist,  American 

Harvard  University  Foundation  for  the  Blind 

♦Employed  part  time.  fVisually  handicapped. 

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LOWER  SCHOOL  STAFF 


PRIMARY 


Benjamin  F.  Smith,  A.B.,  M.A.f  Mrs.  Jessie  W.  Mayshakk 

Patricia  Vogel,  B.S.  Caroline  Peters 

Bertha  Feinberg,  A.B.  Anthony  Ackerman,  A.B.f 


KINDERGARTEN 

Feodore  M.  Nicholls  Susan  E.  Morse 

Evelyn  Kaufman,  A.B.f  Helena  M.  DrakeI 

Mary  Frances  Da  vies,  B.S.  Betty  Nyej 

Muriel  Herrick,  B.S.  Marion  Hoskbn,  A.B. 


SPECIAL  TEACHERS 

Eleanor  W.  Thayer,  A.B.,  Music  Margaret  A.  McKenzie,!  Handicrafts^ 

Mrs.  Perley  C.  White,  Music  Margaret  Miller,!  Librarian 

Mrs.  Aline  McDowell,  Visual  Aid  Gertrude  D.  Seibert,  B.S.,  Recreation 


MATRONS  OF  COTTAGES 

Mrs.  Mary  L.  Hunt,  Potter  Mrs.  Margaret  Luf,  Glover 

Mrs.  Affie  Plummer,  Assistant  Mrs.Laura  B.  Eldridge,  Assistant 

Mrs.  Janet  G.  Hancock,  Anagnos  Ethel  M.  Goodwin,  Bradlee 

Gladys  Pothier,!  Assistant  Mrs.  Florence  B.  Robison,  Assistant 


*  DEAF-BLIND  DEPARTMENT 

N.  Maubine  Nilsson,  A.B.,  M.A. 
MoLLiE  Cambridge,  A.B.f  Iva  E.  Comstock 

Mrs.  Rose  M.  Vivian,  B.S.  Mildred  Hartford! 

Madge  Dolph  Margaret  Hayman! 

Mrs.  Carol  Moles  Leo  F.  Queenan! 

Joseph  E.  jABLONSKEf  Judith  G.  Silvester 

WORKSHOP  FOR  ADULTS 
Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager  Emily  V.  S.  Ramsay,  Clerk 

HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS 

Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager 

Edward  J.  Waterhouse,  B.A.,  M.A. 

David  Abraham  John  P.  Egan,  B.S.f  Mary  L.  Ttjlly,  Clerk 

♦Employed  part  time.  fVisually  handicapped. 

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MEMBERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION 


AUbright,  Clifford,  Weston 

Allen,  Edward  E.,  Cambridge 

Allen,  Mrs.  Edward  E.,  Cambridge 

Allen,  Hon.  Frank  G.,  Boston 

Allen,  Philip  R.,  Walpole 

Allen,  Mrs.  Philip  R.,  Walpole 

Alley,  Mrs.  Frederick  J.,  Boston 

Amory,  Robert,  Boston 

Amory,  Roger,  Boston 

Anderson,  Mrs.  Larz,  Brookline 

Appleton,  Francis  Hei;ry,  Brookline 

Appleton,  Mrs.  Francis  Henry,  Brookline 

Bacon,  Hon.  Caspar  G.,  Dedham 

Ballantine,  Arthur  A.,  New  York 

Bancroft,  Miss  Eleanor  C,  Beverly 

Bartol,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Boston 

Barton,  George  Sumner,  Worcester 

Bayne,  Mrs.  William,  3d,  Westwood 

Beach,  Rev.  David  N.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Beatley,  Prof.  Ralph,  Cambridge 

Belash,  Constantine  A.,  Boston 

Belash,  Mrs.  Constantine  A.,  Boston 

Bird,  Miss  Ann,  East  Walpole 

Bird,  Mrs.  Francis  W.,  East  Walpole 

Blake,  Fordyce  T.,  Worcester 

Boardman,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  Boston 

Boyden,  Charles,  Boston 

Boyden,  Mrs,  Charles,  Boston 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Arthur  H.,  Cambridge 

Brooks,  Gorham,  Boston 

Brooks,  Lawrence  G.,  West  Medford 

Brooks,  Mrs.  LawTence  G.,  West  Medford 

Brown,  Mrs.  Charles  R.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

BuUard,  Miss  Ellen  T.,  Boston 

Bullock,  Chandler,  Worcester 

Burr,  I.  Tucker,  Jr.,  Boston 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Peterboro,  N.  H. 

Camp,  Mrs.  Edward  C,  Watertown 

Carter,  Richard  B.,  West  Newton 

Carter,  Mrs.  Richard  B.,  West  Newton 

Case,  Hon.  Norman  S.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Case,  Mrs.  Norman  S.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Cassels,  Miss  Andree,  Boston 

Chase,  John  P.,  Boston 

Choate,  Robert  B.,  Boston 

Claus,  Henry  T.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Clifford,  John  H.,  New  Bedford 

Coffin,  Mrs.  Rockwell  A.,  Harwichport 

Connolly,  Rev.  John  J.,  Boston 

Coolidge,  Mrs.  Algernon,  Boston 

Coolidge,  William  A.,  Boston 

Cotting,  Charles  E.,  Boston 

Crapo,  Henry  H.,  New  Bedford 

Crowninshield,  Francis  B.,  Boston 

Cunningham,  Edward,  Dedham 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Edward,  Jr.,  Dedham 

Curtis,  Charles  P.,  Jr.,  Bcston 

Curtis,  James  P.,  Roslyn,  N.  Y. 

Curtis,  Louis,  Boston 

Curtis,  Richard  C,  Boston 

Cutler,  George  C,  Dedham 

Daley,  Mrs.  Francis  J.,  Somerville 

Danielson,  Richard  E.,  Boston 

Danielson,  Mrs.  Richard  E.,  Boston 

Day,  Mrs.  Frank  A.,  Newton 

Denny,  Dr.  George  P.,  Boston 

Dexter,  Miss  Harriett,  Boston 

Dolan,  William  G.,  Boston 

Dowd,  Mrs.  John  F.,  Roxbury 

Draper,  Eben  S.,  Hopedale 

Drury,  Theodore  F.,  Weston 

Dutton,  Mrs.  George  D.,  Walpole 

Eliot,  Amory,  Boston 

Elliott,  Mrs.  Maud  Howe,  Newport,  R.  I. 

Emmons,  Mrs.  Robert  W.,  Boston 

Endicott,  Henry,  Boston 

Farrell,  Gabriel,  Watertown 

Farrell,  Mrs.  Gabriel,  Watertown 

Faxon,  Henry  H.,  M.D.,  Brookline 

Fay,  Mrs.  Dudley  B.,  Boston 


Fenno,  Mrs.  L.  C,  Boston 
Fitz,  Reginald,  M.D.,  Brookline 
Fitz,  Mrs.  Reginald,  Brookline 
Ford,  Lawrence  A.,  Beverly 
Foster,  Mrs.  Reginald,  Boston 
Fox,  Miss  Edith  M.,  Arlington 
French,  Miss  M.  Eunice,  Providence,Tl.4l. 
Frothingham,  Mrs.  L.  A.,  North  Easton 
Fuller,  George  F.,  Worcester 
Gage,  Mrs.  Homer,  Worcester 
Gage,  Miss  Mabel  C,  Worcester 
Gale,  Lyman  W.,  Boston 
Gardiner,  John  H.,  Brookline 
Gardner,  G.  Peabody,  Brookline 
Gaskill,  George  A.,  Worcester 
Gaskins,  Frederick  A.,  Milton 
Gaylord,  Emerson  C,  Chicopee 
Gilbert,  Carl  J.,  Needham 
Gilbert,  William  E.,  Springfield 
Gleason,  Miss  Ellen  H.,  Jamaica  Plain 
Gray,  Francis  C,  Boston 
Gray,  Roland,  Boston 
Greenough,  Mrs.  Henry  V.,  Brookline 
Greenough,  Malcolm  W.,  Boston 
Griswold,  Merrill,  Boston 
Gundersen,  Dr.  Trygve,  Brookline 
Gundersen,  Mrs.  Trygve,  Brookline 
Hall,  Miss  Minna  B.,  Brookline 
Hallo  well,  Richard  P.,  2d,  Boston 
Hallowell,  Robert  H.,  Dedham 
Hallow  ell,  Mrs.  Robert  H.,  Dedham 
Hallowell,  Robert  H.,  Jr.,  Dover 
Hallowell,  Mrs.  Robert  H.,  Jr.,  Dover 
Harris,  Rev.  John  U.,  Chestnut  Hill 
Hayden,  J.  Willard,  Lexington 
Hayden,  Mrs.  J.  Willard,  Lexington 
Hemenway,  Mrs.  Augustus,  Milton 
Herter,  Christian  A.,  Boston 
Higginson,  Francis  L.,  Boston 
Hill,  Alfred  S.,  Somerville 
Hill,  Arthur  D.,  Boston 
Hinds,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Boston 
Holmes,  Dr.  Henry  W.,  Cambridge 
Howard,  Mrs.  Henry  S.,  Jr.,  Newport,  R.'J^ 
Howe,  James  C,  Boston 
Hubbard,  Mrs.  Charles  W.,  3d,  Brookline 
Humbert,  Miss  W.  R.,  Boston 
Hunnewell,  Walter,  Boston 
Hunt,  James  R.,  Jr.,  Boston 
lasigi.  Miss  Marie  V.,  Boston 
Jackson,  Charles,  Jr.,  Boston 
Jackson,  Mrs.  James,  Westwood 
Jeffries,  J.  Amory,  Boston 
Johnson,  Arthur  S.,  Boston 
Kidder,  Mrs.  Alfred,  2d,  Cambridge 
Kidder,  Mrs.  Henry  P.,  Meadville,  Pa. 
King,  Mrs.  James  G.,  Cambridge 
King,  Mrs.  Tarrant  P.,  Boston 
Lamb,  Mrs.  Horatio  A.,  Boston 
Lamb,  Miss  Rosamond,  Boston 
Latimer,  Mrs.  G.  D.,  BrookUne 
Lawrence,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Brookline 
Lawrence,  Rev.  Frederic  C,  Brookline 
Lawrence,  John  S.,  Boston  _    _<.  u 

Lawrence,  Rt.  Rev.  W.  Appleton,  Springfield 
Leavitt,  Aev.  Ashley  D.,  Brookline 
Ley,  Harold  A.,  New  York 
Lincoln,  Mrs.  George  C,  Worcester 
Levering,  Richard  S.,  Hoffman,  N.  C. 
Lovett,  Miss  Eleanor  H.,  New  London,  N.  H.- 
Lowell, James  H.,  Boston 
Lowell,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston 
Lowell,  Ralph,  Boston 
Lyman,  Mrs.  Arthur  T.,  Westwood 
Lyman,  Mrs.  Ronald  T.,  Boston 
Lyne,  Daniel  J.,  Chestnut  Hill 
Maf  Phie,  Mrs.  Elmore  I.,  West  Newton 
Maliotis,  Charles,  Boston 
Mason,  Mrs.  Andrew,  Brookline 
Mason,  Charles  E.,  Jr.,  Boston 


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Mason,  Charles  F.,  Framingham 

Mayo-Smith,  Richmond,  Dedham 

McElwain,  R.  Franklin,  Holyoke 

Merrill,  Rev.  Boynton,  Columbus,  Ohio 

Merriman,  Mrs.  E.  Bruce,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Merriman,  Mrs.  Roger  B.,  Cambridge 

Minot,  James  J.,  Boston 

Monks,  Rev.  G.  Gardner,  Cohasset 

Montagu,  Mrs.  H.  B.,  England 

Morison,  Samuel  Eliot,  Cambridge 

Motley,  Edward,  Concord 

Motley,  Warren,  Boston 

Myers,  Mrs.  John  W.,  Boston 

Osgood,  Phillips  E.,  Winter  Park,  Fla. 

Parker,  Miss  Eleanor  S.,  Boston 

Parker,  William  A.,  Boston 

Parker,  W.  Stanley,  Boston 

Parkman,  Henry,  Jr.,  Boston 

Parkman,  Mrs.  Henry,  Jr.,  Boston 

Partridge,  Fred  F.,  Holyoke 

Peabody,  Harold,  Boston 

Perkins,  Mrs.  Charles  B.,  Jamaica  Plain 

Perkins,  Rev.  Palfrey,  Boston 

Pool,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  New  York  City 

Pratt,  George  D.,  Springfield 

Proctor,  James  H.,  Boston 

Prouty,  Robert  M.,  Hingham 

Prouty,  Mrs.  Robert  M..  Hingham 

Putnam,  Mrs.  Eliot  T.,  Jr.,  Dedham 

Putnam,  Mrs.  George  T.,  Dedham 

Rantoul,  Neal,  Boston 

Rice,  John  C,  Boston 

Richards,  Henry  H.,  Groton 

Richards,  John,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Richards,  Tudor,  Groton 

Richardson,  John,  Milton 

Richardson,  Mrs.  John,  Milton 

Robinson,  George  F.,  Watertown 

Rogers,  Mrs.  Robert  E.,  Cambridge 

Rogerson,  Francis  C,  Duxbury 

Saltonstall,  Hon.  Leverett,  Chestnut  Hill 

Saltonstall,  Mrs.  Leverett,  Chestnut  HiU 

Sears,  Seth,  Brewster 


Shattuck,  Henry  L.,  Boston 

Shaw,  Mrs.  Carleton  A.,  Groton 

Sherrill,  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  K.,  Boston 

Sims,  Mrs.  William  S.,  Boston 

Slater,  Mrs.  H.  N.,  New  York 

Snow,  Mrs.  William  G.,  Newton  Centre 

Stafford,  Rev.  Russell  H.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Stinson,  Mrs.  James,  Worcester 

Sturgis,  R.  Clipston,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Sturgis,  S.  Warren,  Boston 

Sullivan,  Mrs.  James  A.,  Boston 

Thayer,  John  E.,  Milton 

Theopold,  Philip  H.,  Dedham 

Thomas,  Mrs.  John  B.,  Boston 

Thorndike,  Albert,  Milton 

Thorndike,  Benjamin  A.  G.,  Dedham 

Thorndike,  Miss  Rosanna  D.,  Boston 

Tifft,  Eliphalet  T.,  Springfield 

Tilden,  Miss  Alice  F.,  Boston 

Tilden,  Miss  Edith  S.,  Boston 

Todd,  Francis  B.,  New  York 

Underwood,  Herbert  S.,  Winchester 

Van  Norden,  Mrs.  Grace  C,  Pittsfield 

Vaughan,  Miss  Bertha  H.,  Cambridge 

Vaughan,  Miss  Margaret  I.,  Haddonfield,  N.  J. 

Wadsworth,  Eliot,  Boston 

Warren,  Bentley  W.,  Boston 

Washburn,  Mrs.  Frederick  A.,  Boston 

Washburn,  Rev.  Henry  B.,  Cambridge 

Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  A.,  Boston 

Wendell,  William  G.,  West  Hartford,  Conn. 

White,  Miss  Eliza  Orne,  Brookline 

Whittall,  Matthew  P.,  Worcester 

Wiggins,  Mrs.  Charles,  2d,  Dedham 

Wiggins,  Mrs.  John,  Alden,  Pa. 

Wiggins,  John,  Alden,  Pa. 

Wilder,  Charles  P.,  Worcester 

Wolcott,  Roger,  Boston 

Wright,  George  R.,  Cambridge 

Wright,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston 

Young,  B.  Loring,  Weston 

Zeilinski,  John,  Holyoke 


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SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING 
OF  THE  CORPORATION 

Watertown,  November  4,  1946. 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation,  duly  summoned,  was 
held  today  at  the  Institution,  and  was  called  to  order  by  the  President, 
Mr.  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  at  3  p.m. 

The  Proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  annual  reports  of  the  Trustees  and  the  Director  were 
accepted  and  ordered  to  be  printed,  with  the  addition  of  other 
matters  of  general  interest  to  the  work. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  was  presented,  accepted  and  ordered 
to  be  printed,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  Certified  Public 
Accountant. 

Voted,  That  acts  and  expenditures,  made  and  authorized  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  or  by  any  committee  appointed  by  said  Board 
of  Trustees,  during  the  last  corporate  year,  be  and  are  hereby  ratified 
and  confirmed. 

On  the  nomination  of  the  Finance  Committee,  the  appointment 
by  the  Trustees  of  John  Montgomery,  Certified  Public  Accountant, 
as  auditor  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institution  was  confirmed. 

As  the  President  had  previously  requested  that  he  be  not  renomi- 
nated, he  had  appointed  a  Nominating  Committee  and  at  this  time 
called  upon  the  Committee  to  make  its  report.  Before  the  report 
was  made,  Mr.  Hallowell  expressed  his  appreciation  of  the  opportu- 
nity which  he  had  had  during  the  sixteen  years  of  his  presidency  to 
serve  the  Institution  and  gave  his  thanks  for  the  cooperation  of  the 
Trustees  and  Members  of  the  Corporation.  He  spoke  of  his  intimate 
relationships  with  the  School  and  the  interest  that  he  has  in  it  which 
he  will  always  continue. 

Mr.  Ralph  Lowell,  Chairman  of  the  Nominating  Committee 
which  consisted  of  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson  and  Mr.  G.  Peabody 
Gardner  in  addition  to  the  Chairman,  presented  the  following  nomi- 
nations: President,  Dr.  Reginald  Fitz;  Vice-President,  Ralph  Lowell; 
Treasurer,  John  P.  Chase;  Secretary,  Gabriel  Farrell;  Trustees,  Dr. 
Reginald  Fitz,  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson, 

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Mrs.  Homer  Gage,  Dr.  Henry  W.  Holmes,  Warren  Motley,  Richard 
Saltonstall,  David  Cheever,  Jr.  There  being  no  further  nominations, 
the  persons  above  named  were  unanimously  elected  by  ballot. 

Dr.  Fitz,  the  newly  elected  President,  took  the  chair,  and  after 
expressing  appreciation  for  the  honor  which  had  been  bestowed  upon 
him  through  his  election  as  President,  he  recognized  Mr.  Lowell,  who 
paid  the  following  tribute  to  the  retiring  President: 

"Mr.  Hallowell,  this  marks  thirty-two  years  of  service  that  you 
have  given  to  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind,  sixteen  as  Trustee 
and  sixteen  as  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

"It  is  given  to  few  men  to  serve  an  institution  of  this  standing 
for  such  a  period  and  even  fewer  have  given  as  much  of  their  time 
and  judgment  to  the  task  as  you  have.  All  the  girls  and  boys  who 
have  graduated  from  Perkins  in  the  past  thirty-two  years  have  taken 
with  them  something  of  your  personality  and  wisdom.  Yours  is  a 
heritage  of  service  to  your  fellow  man.  You  have  enhanced  this 
heritage  —  you  have  kept  the  faith. 

"On  behalf  of  those  of  us  who  have  served  with  and  under  you 
I  present  you  this  token  of  our  affection  and  esteem,  with  the  hope 
that  it  will  be  a  constant  reminder  of  your  many  years  of  devoted 
service  to  Perkins." 

A  beautiful  antique  silver  cup  was  presented  to  Mr.  Hallowell. 

The  following  were  elected  members  of  the  Corporation:  Mrs. 
Reginald  Fitz,  Mr.  Tudor  Richards. 

The  Director  expressed  his  deep  appreciation  of  the  leadership 
of  Mr.  Hallowell  and  the  happy  relationship  with  the  President  which 
has  existed  through  his  administration.  He  briejfly  reviewed  the  year 
which  had  closed,  spoke  of  new  staff  members,  and  told  especially  of 
some  of  the  devices  that  are  being  developed  to  aid  the  blind  which 
have  come  out  of  the  war  and  of  the  part  that  Perkins  has  had  in  these 
developments. 

The  meeting  was  then  dissolved. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Gabriel  Farrell,  Secretary. 


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REPORT  OF  THE  TRUSTEES 

November  4,  1946. 

ON  BEHALF  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  I  submit  a  brief  report 
for  the  year  1946  and  wish  to  emphasize  certain  financial 
aspects  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the  School  and  the 
sources  from  which  its  income  is  obtained. 

We  all  know  that  the  Perkins  Institution  is  also  the  Massachusetts 
School  for  the  Blind,  there  being  no  State  school  for  the  blind  in  Massa- 
chusetts. Since  its  founding  the  State  has  contributed  generously 
towards  the  operating  costs  of  Perkins,  in  varying  amounts  approxi- 
mating from  one-third  to  one-half  of  the  per  capita  cost  per  student. 
The  income  from  our  endowment  funds  provides  the  balance. 

From  1869  to  1918  Perkins  received  an  annual  grant  of  $30,000 
from  Massachusetts,  and  for  pupils  from  other  States  the  charge  was 
$300.  In  1918  the  annual  grant  was  abolished  and  Massachusetts 
agreed  to  pay  $300  per  pupil.  The  charge  for  pupils  from  other  States 
was  increased  to  $350  for  the  Lower  School  and  $400  for  the  Upper 
School.  In  1919  the  rate  was  raised  to  $400  for  resident  pupils  from 
all  States.  This  rate  continued  until  1932  when  it  was  increased  to 
$600  and  has  remained  at  that  figure  to  the  present  time. 

The  necessity  for  the  numerous  increases  in  charge  for  board 
and  tuition  is  clearly  demonstrated  by  the  following  summary : 


Expenses 

Pupils 

Per  Capita 

1917-1918 

$153,545 

273 

$    562 

1931-1932 

326,875 

265 

1,032 

1945-1946 

422,000 

259 

1,633 

1946-1947 

445,138 

260 

1,712 

In  thirty  years  the  per  capita  cost  has  almost  trebled  and  there  is 
every  indication  that  it  will  further  increase  in  the  near  future.  The 
expenses  for  the  year  1946-1947  are  based  on  estimates  and  represent 
the  budget  approved  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  its  meeting  on 
September  10.  The  total  income  from  all  sources  for  the  same 
period  is  estimated  at  $411,000,  which  indicates  an  operating  deficit 
of  approximately  $34,000. 

With  this  figure  in  mind  coupled  with  the  fact  that  the  $600  per 
pupil  now  paid  by  the  States  covers  approximately  only  one-third  of 

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the  per  capita  cost,  the  Trustees  voted  on  September  10  to  increase 
the  charge  from  $600  to  $800  per  annum.  The  various  States,  whence 
our  pupils  come,  have  been  notified  of  this  increase  and  are  impressed 
by  the  strong  case  we  present  of  ever-increasing  costs  which  necessitate 
increased  charges.  We  are  confident  the  increase  of  $200  per  capita 
will  be  approved  but  are  doubtful  if  the  full  amount  will  be  received 
during  the  present  school  year,  as  State  budgets  already  in  effect  will 
not  permit.  We  must  endeavor  to  keep  our  operating  costs  as  reason- 
able as  possible,  compatible  with  the  high  standards  of  Perkins,  as 
there  is  somewhere  a  limit  to  the  amount  the  States  are  willing  to 
pay  for  the  education  of  blind  children. 

Of  the  256  pupils  enrolled  for  the  present  school  year  227  come 
from  New  England,  distributed  as  follows :  Maine  32,  Massachusetts 
142,  New  Hampshire  18,  Rhode  Island  20,  Vermont  14,  Connecticut  1. 
From  outside  New  England  there  are  thirty  pupils  who  come  from 
twenty  States,  and  two  foreign  countries.  This  distribution  demon- 
strates the  national  scope  of  Perkins. 

The  war  years  with  their  ever-increasing  difficulties  are  behind 
us  but  the  transition  back  to  peacetime  operations  presents  its 
difficulties  also,  but  under  the  able  leadership  of  our  Director,  Dr. 
Farrell,  we  can  look  forward  to  the  future  with  confidence.  To  him, 
and  to  every  member  of  the  faculty,  to  the  members  of  the  mainte- 
nance staff,  to  the  matrons,  the  ground  keepers,  the  maids,  the  cooks 
and  to  everyone  connected  with  Perkins,  the  Trustees  wish  to  give 
hearty  thanks  for  their  devotion  to  our  Institution  during  the  years 
of  trial. 

We  regret  to  report  the  death,  during  the  year,  of  the  following 
members  of  the  Corporation:  Mrs.  Henry  H.  Fay,  Mrs.  Cora  L. 
Gleason,  Miss  Mary  B.  Lothrop,  Mr.  John  F.  Tufts,  Hon.  Robert 
Luce,  Miss  Alice  Sargent,  Miss  Lenna  D.  Swinerton,  Miss  Lucy 
Wheelock. 

Respectfully  submitted  for  the  Trustees, 

Robert  H.  Hallowbll,  Presidents 


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LOWER  SCHOOL  PUPILS 
PORTRAY  SCENES  FROM  LIFE  OF  MR.  ANAGNOS 


REPORT  OF  THE  DIRECTOR 

November  4, 1946. 

THE  DIRECTOR'S  REPORT  which  covers  the  year  ending 
August  31  is  presented  formally  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Corporation  held  on  the  first  Monday  in  November.  At  this  time  the 
report  is  "accepted  and  ordered  to  be  printed  with  the  addition  of 
other  matters  of  general  interest  to  the  work."  The  Annual  Meetings 
are  usually  quite  formal  and  routine  in  character:  receiving  reports, 
electing  officers  and  trustees,  and  approving  the  activities  of  the  com- 
mittees during  the  year.  But  the  one  held  at  the  beginning  of  this 
year,  November  5,  1945,  was  unique  in  that,  for  the  first  time  in  ten 
years,  a  new  officer  was  elected. 

Mr.  Roger  Amory,  who  was  elected  Treasurer  ten  years  ago,  had 
requested  that  he  be  not  nominated,  and  re-elected.  This  decision  was 
accepted  with  regret  by  the  Corporation,  and  appreciation  was  ex- 
pressed for  the  fine  stewardship  of  Mr.  Amory  during  the  difficult 
decade  in  which  he  served.  Mr.  Amory's  interest  in  Perkins  reached 
beyond  business  affairs,  and  during  his  tenure  of  office  he  felt  a 
concern  for  the  whole  life  of  the  institution,  and  he  was  always  ready 
to  help  in  any  problem  that  arose.  The  resolution  passed  at  that 
meeting,  and  recorded  in  the  report  of  last  year,  is  evidence  of  the 
appreciation  of  all  for  Mr.  Amory's  services  and  friendship. 

New  Treasurer  Elected 

To  take  Mr.  Amory's  place,  the  Corporation  was  fortunate  in 
securing  the  consent  and  election  of  Mr.  John  P.  Chase,  who  has  been 
a  Trustee  since  1940.  Mr.  Chase  brings  to  the  office  a  wide  experience 
in  financial  matters.  He  holds  many  positions  of  trust,  ranging  from 
the  treasurership  of  Wellesley  College  to  the  coach  of  the  Harvard 
hockey  team.  The  latter  testifies  to  his  youth  and  vigor,  which 
qualities  were  demonstrated  during  the  year  as  he  has  carried  on  the 
affairs  of  Perkins.  With  a  change  in  the  treasurership  also  went  a 
a  change  in  the  office  of  Assistant  Treasurer.  Mr.  Francis  C.  Roger- 
son,  Assistant  Treasurer  during  Mr.  Amory's  tenure  of  office,  retired 
from  that  position,  and  his  loss  is  deeply  felt  because  of  his  keen 
personal  interest  in  the  school,  its  staff  and  activities.  This  position 
was  filled  by  Mr.  Howard  Whitmore  Jr.,  associated  with  the  office  of 

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John  P.  Chase  Inc.,  upon  his  return  from  duty  with  the  Navy  ia  the 
Pacific. 

The  report  of  a  year  ago  began  with  questions  which  were  press- 
ing upon  us  as  to  what  the  brave  new  world  following  the  coming  of 
peace  promised.  To  these  questions  we  have  not  yet  the  answers. 
The  first  year  of  peace  has  been  one  of  continued  problems  dealing 
mainly  with  shortages,  first  in  the  area  of  inanimate  objects,  such  as 
building  supplies,  food,  etc.,  and  the  more  animate  problem  of 
personnel.  While  the  administrative  and  academic  departments  have 
had  their  troubles,  the  heaviest  burdens  fell  upon  the  business  depart- 
ment. Cooks  were  no  easier  to  secure,  and  the  materials  to  cook  were 
harder  to  obtain,  but  four  hundred  persons  had  to  be  fed  daily  —  and 
they  were,  thanks  to  the  cooperation  and  understanding  of  pupils  and 
staff.  Our  buildings  were  not  only  kept  in  repair,  but  refurbished  so 
that  we  could  be  proud  of  them  when  the  American  Association  of 
Instructors  of  the  Blind  held  their  convention  at  Perkins  in  June. 

The  Bursar  Reports 

"Financially,"  the  Bursar  states  in  his  report,  "we  have  not  done 
very  well.  We  overspent  our  Watertown  budget  to  the  extent  of 
$10,484.64  but  it  could  have  been  a  lot  worse.  A  budget  of  $319,740.00 
for  the  school  was  approved  by  the  Trustees,  but  it  did  not  remain  at 
that  level  for  long.  Due  to  the  cancellation  of  the  Little  Steel  Formula, 
the  success  of  many  strikes  and  raises  in  wages  throughout  the 
country,  the  general  rise  in  prices  made  it  necessary  to  bring  the 
salaries  of  Perkins  employees  more  into  line  with  competitive  levels  ' 
and  the  cost  of  living.  On  January  1,  therefore,  our  Cost  of  Living 
Adjustment  was  thawed  from  the  fifteen  per  cent  level  at  which  it  had 
remained  since  1942.  At  the  same  time,  all  other  staff  members 
except  cottage  personnel  were  promised  a  bonus  in  July  which  would 
equal  one  and  one  quarter  month's  pay  for  those  who  had  been 
employed  more  than  three  years,  and  five  eighths  of  a  month's  pay 
for  those  whose  total  service  had  been  for  a  shorter  period.  This 
welcome  action  was  expected  to  add  $18,355.00  to  our  cost  of  opera- 
tion for  the  year,  so  a  revised  budget  of  $338,095.00  was  approved 
by  the  Executive  Committee  in  January.  The  deficit  which  resulted 
in  spite  of  this  increase  was  caused  by  the  fact  that  prices  continued 
to  rise  and  the  Cost  of  Living  Adjustment  had  risen  to  28  per  cent 
by  August." 

Tribute  must  be  paid  at  this  time  to  the  teachers  of  Perkins  who 
carried  on  through  the  war  years  without  complaint,  at  practically 

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the  same  compensation  as  they  have  received  for  several  years. 
Opportunities  have  been  available  to  make  increases  in  some  cases, 
but  the  general  salary  level  of  Perkins  teachers  had  not  been  sub- 
stantially raised  for  some  time.  At  the  end  of  this  year  the  Trustees 
voted  to  give  a  bonus  in  July  as  reported  by  the  Bursar  in  the  para- 
graph above.  For  two  years  prior,  smaller  bonuses  had  been  paid  in 
July.  In  a  small  way  this  compensated  for  increased  prices.  Practi- 
cally all  of  the  teachers  live  in  the  school  where  board  and  room  are 
provided,  but  they  do  have  to  live  on  their  own  during  the  vacations, 
and  are,  of  course,  subject  to  the  increased  cost  of  clothing  and  other 
living  expenses. 

Perkins  appreciates,  however,  that  teachers  generally  are  not 
paid  in  proportion  to  their  services  or  their  value  to  any  school. 
During  the  spring  consideration  was  given  to  a  better  recognition  of 
our  obligations  to  our  teachers  and  other  professional  staff.  In 
preparing  the  budget  for  next  year,  the  Trustees  at  their  June  meeting 
made  provision  for  them  to  be  paid  for  twelve  months  rather  than  for 
ten  months,  as  has  been  the  practice  in  the  past.  This  in  itself  rep- 
resents approximately  a  twenty  per  cent  increase,  and  in  as  many 
cases  as  possible,  advances  in  the  base  pay  were  made.  While  there 
can  be  no  argument  but  that  our  teachers  as  well  as  all  other  teachers 
deserve  higher  pay,  we  are  glad  to  be  able  to  take  this  step  toward 
more  adequate  compensation. 

The  Principal  Reports 

Academically,  the  Principal  states  in  his  report,  "It  is  difficult  to 
say  in  a  general  sweeping  statement,  Tt  has  been  a  good  year.'  In 
many  ways  the  year  has  been  a  difficult  one,  hard  because  of  external 
pressures  on  staff  and  students  alike,  complicated  internally  because 
of  the  difficulties  of  maintaining  a  good  staff,  as  economic  opportuni- 
ties elsewhere  made  teacher  and  other  staff  procurement  difficult. 
However,  in  some  areas  additions  to  the  staff,  made  possible  by  the 
ending  of  the  war,  added  depth  and  strength  to  the  teaching  force. 
Adequate  staffing  of  the  houses  has  been  most  difficult,  and  this  has 
materially  affected  the  smooth  operation  of  the  houses.  Whatever 
has  been  written  on  the  positive  side  of  our  balance  sheet  can  be 
attributed  to  the  willingness  of  the  majority  of  the  staff  members  to  do 
a  little  more  than  was  required  or  asked  for.  That  we  finished  the 
year  successfully,  and  in  some  ways  outstandingly,  is  fortunate." 

An  interesting  offering  in  the  Upper  School  this  year  was  a  course 
in  salesmanship  for  the  boys.    This  was  taught  by  Mr.  William 

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McGreal,  who  for  some  years  was  in  charge  of  the  sales  department  in 
Europe  of  an  outstanding  American  firm.  While  in  this  service 
Mr.  McGreal  lost  his  sight,  and  becoming  interested  in  Perkins,  he 
asked  to  come  here  for  a  year  to  study  Braille,  and  in  other  ways  to 
equip  himself  for  a  life  without  sight.  In  return,  we  asked  Mr. 
McGreal  to  give  this  course,  which  he  did  to  the  great  benefit  of  the 
boys,  who  not  only  profited  by  his  experience,  but  benefited  by  his 
great  personal  charm  and  character.  As  Mr.  McGreal  was  to  be  at 
Perkins  only  a  year,  the  course  was  offered  to  all  four  high  school 
classes.  Each  boy  in  the  high  school  was  able,  therefore,  to  participate 
in  a  most  worthwhile  experience  with  a  man  whose  fine  background 
and  training  excellently  fitted  him  for  teaching  this  subject.  As  part  of 
this  program,  a  salesmanship  club  was  formed,  which  met  regularly 
each  week.  Once  each  month  the  club  had  leading  businessmen  as 
guests  who  spoke  from  firsthand  experience  about  the  various  aspects 
of  buying  and  selling.  These  men  represented  widely  diversified 
activities,  and  the  students  were  able  to  gain  a  broad  concept  of  the 
art  of  salesmanship.  Although  not  directly  a  part  of  the  salesmanship 
class,  the  boys  operated  a  small  store,  and  a  few  of  them  secured 
practice  in  ordering  supplies,  keeping  records,  and  selling  goods. 

The  Social  Worker  Reports 

"During  the  year,"  the  social  worker  reports,  "a  great  increase 
has  been  noted  in  the  variety  and  the  number  of  parents  visiting  the 
school  for  advice  and  guidance  for  their  pre-school  and  young  blind 
children,  as  to  educational  programs.  Many  of  these  parents  came 
from  the  South  and  \¥est,  and  possibly  were  directed  toward  Perkins 
by  the  extremely  wide  interest  in  some  recent  magazine  articles  about 
our  school.  Their  interest  may  also  be  partly  due  to  the  recent  summer 
school  project  which  seems  to  have  bed  a  great  deal  of  publicity.  It 
is  of  interest  that  the  incoming  kindergarten  for  the  year  1946-1947 
has  eighteen  applicants,  which  is  approximately  twice  the  usual 
number  for  our  kindergarten.  Of  these  eighteen,  four  belong  to  the 
new  diagnostic  group  of  retrolental  fibroplasia  about  whom  we  have 
been  so  concerned  since  our  cooperative  effort  with  Dr.  Terry  on 
the  nursery  school  project." 

The  enrollment  of  the  school  as  of  October  1, 1946  was  254,  which 
is  three  below  that  of  a  year  ago.  Of  the  New  England  pupils,  152 
are  from  Massachusetts,  thirty-two  from  Maine,  twenty  from  Rhode 
Island,  eighteen  from  New  Hampshire,  and  fourteen  from  Vermont. 
(Connecticut  has  its  own  school  in  Hartford  with  about  forty  pupils.) 

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Twenty-eight  pupils  came  from  outside  New  England.  The  highest 
enrollment  for  the  year  was  reached  in  December  1945,  when  there 
were  261  on  the  register,  145  boys  and  116  girls.  There  were  sixty- 
one  admissions  during  the  year,  thirty-three  boys  and  twenty-eight 
girls.  There  were  fifty-five  discharges  of  pupils  who  had  completed 
their  work  at  the  school,  or  were  discharged  because  they  had  reached 
the  limit  of  their  ability,  or  who  withdrew  in  order  to  go  to  work. 

More  Pupils  from  Afar 

The  large  number  of  pupils  from  outside  our  normal  area,  which 
is  New  England,  except  Connecticut,  is  significant  and  indicates  a 
trend.  This  year  pupils  came  from  nineteen  different  states  and  three 
foreign  countries.  An  increasing  number  of  requests  are  coming  to  us 
from  parents  of  children  in  other  parts  of  the  country  for  admission 
to  Perkins.  When  these  applications  are  received  we  refer  them  to 
their  state  schools,  but  most  of  those  who  have  been  admitted  ar 
sent  by  the  parents  as  private  pupils,  and  Perkins  can  hardly  close 
its  doors  to  those  who  wish  to  send  their  children  here,  especially  when 
they  say,  "We  want  the  best  for  our  children." 

Foreign  pupils  this  year  are  from  Mexico,  England,  Italy  and 
Hawaii.  The  young  man  from  Mexico  is  a  private  pupil  whose  father 
is  a  member  of  the  Mexican  Senate,  and  Treasurer  of  one  of  the 
states,  while  the  girl  from  Hawaii  is  one  of  the  winners  of  a  Perkins 
National  Scholarship.  Holders  of  other  national  scholarships  came 
from  Maryland,  Michigan  and  Pennsylvania.  The  other  two  foreign 
pupils  are  from  England  and  Italy,  and  a  word  about  each  of  them 
may  be  of  interest. 

The  Annual  Report  of  last  year  contained  a  picture  of  Jimmy 
Osborn,  ten-year-old  English  boy  who  arrived  in  this  country  in 
August  1945,  and  was  the  center  of  a  great  deal  of  publicity  in  news- 
papers throughout  the  country  and  abroad.  Jimmy  is  a  totally  blind 
boy  who  had  developed  the  ability  to  play  practically  anything  on  the 
piano  from  boogie-woogie  to  Bach.  Living  near  an  air  field,  he  became 
a  great  favorite  of  the  American  boys  and  played  frequently  at  their 
encampment.  So  popular  did  he  become  that  the  Ninth  Air  Force 
raised  over  $3,000.00  to  send  him  to  America  for  his  education.  Per- 
kins was  pleased  to  be  selected  as  the  school  where  the  boys  of  the 
Ninth  Air  Force  felt  he  could  receive  the  training  they  wanted  him  to 
have.  In  the  agreement  reached  with  the  custodian  of  his  fund  it  was 
understood  that  he  was  to  receive  a  well-rounded  education  which 
would  give  him  adequate  preparation  for  life,  and  not  be  exploited  as 
a  musical  genius. 

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Perkins  has  undertaken  to  carry  out  that  contract  with  the 
Ninth  Air  Force,  and  during  the  year  has  given  Jimmy  the  funda- 
mentals of  schoohng  which  he  needed,  as  he  had  had  practically  no 
formal  education.  This  called  for  much  individual  instruction  to 
bring  him  up  to  the  grade  where  he  should  be  because  of  his  age. 
We  have  not,  however,  neglected  his  music,  and  are  giving  him  some 
fundamental  training,  because  all  of  his  musical  work  before  has  been 
acquired  by  listening  to  the  radio  or  records.  We  have  not  permitted 
Jimmy  to  make  many  public  appearances,  even  though  the  demand 
for  him  has  been  tremendous.  He  is  a  most  likable  boy,  and  is  finding 
his  place  in  our  Perkins  family  as  an  American,  as  he  likes  to  call 
himself. 

Another  foreign  visitor,  but  for  a  shorter  time,  was  Giuliano 
Cabbia,  an  eight-year-old  Italian  boy,  sent  to  this  country  by  the 
88th  Division,  which  was  stationed  near  his  home  in  the  northern 
part  of  Italy.  Giuliano  lost  his  sight  by  being  kicked  in  the  face  by  a 
horse  belonging  to  a  German  officer.  He  is  an  accordion  player  of 
outstanding  ability,  and  became  a  favorite  of  the  boys  of  the  88th 
Division.  Funds  were  raised  to  send  him  to  this  country  for  an  eye 
operation  at  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital.  After  all  possible  surgical  care 
was  provided,  and  it  was  determined  that  he  could  not  regain  his 
sight,  plans  were  made  for  his  future  education.  Once  again  Perkins 
was  selected  and  Giuliano  and  the  soldier  who  was  sent  over  here  with 
him  were  our  guests  for  several  months.  During  this  time  Giuliano 
proved  to  be  a  brilliant  student,  and  there  is  every  indication  that  he 
can  readily  adjust  himself  to  normal  life  and  carry  on  the  regular 
school  program,  as  well  as  become  an  accordion  player  of  unusual 
ability.  As  this  boy  has  an  excellent  home  with  a  family  who  are  in  a 
position  to  give  him  adequate  care,  we  recommended  to  the  Army 
authorities  that  he  return  to  his  family,  and  arrangements  were  made 
for  him  to  do  so  in  June.  During  the  summer,  Perkins  received  a  most 
beautiful  illuminated  parchment  scroll  expressing  thanks  for  the 
hospitality  which  we  had  extended  to  Giuliano  while  he  was  at 
Perkins. 

Events  of  the  Year 

Certain  events  of  the  year  must  be  recorded  as  they  reveal  many 
of  the  extracurricular  activities  which  do  much  to  enrich  the  more 
formal  program.  Perhaps  the  outstanding  event  of  the  fall  took  place 
on  October  25,  when  the  pupils  were  especially  invited  by  the  Com- 
manding Officer  of  the  aircraft  carrier  Wasp,  then  in  Boston,  to  visit 
that  notable  ship.    Buses  took  more  than  200  pupils  and  fifty-six 


staff  members  to  the  pier  in  South  Boston.  Upon  arrival  models  of 
the  ship  were  made  available  for  the  pupils,  so  that  they  could  see 
with  their  hands  the  overall  design  of  this  great  vessel.  After  that 
sailors  took  the  boys  and  girls  about  every  part  of  the  ship,  and  it  was 
an  experience  which  they  will  long  remember.  Serving  of  ice-cream 
and  cookies  and  continuous  music  by  the  ship's  orchestra  made  it  a 
real  party. 

Through  the  latter  part  of  September  and  October,  field  sports 
were  prominent  with  both  boys  and  girls.  Every  pleasant  afternoon 
the  girls  prepared  for  their  Annual  Field  Meet  which  was  held  on 
October  10.  At  the  same  time,  the  boys,  on  their  playing  field,  were 
busy  practicing  football,  and  conducting  a  series  of  games  between  two 
teams,  the  Whites  and  the  Blues.  These  teams  were  made  up  of  the 
Upper  School  boys  interested  in  football.  For  the  others  a  program 
of  sports  activities  was  provided.  Scores  were  carefully  kept  through- 
out the  football  games,  and  at  the  end  of  the  season  a  cup  was  awarded 
to  the  winning  team,  the  Blues. 

Christmas  Concerts 

The  fall  activities  culminated  in  the  Christmas  concerts  held 
this  year  with  audiences  overflowing  Dwight  Hall,  on  Friday  evening 
December  14,  Sunday  afternoon  December  16,  and  Tuesday  evening 
December  18.  At  the  close  of  the  Tuesday  night  concert,  and  on  the 
following  morning,  the  pupils  dispersed  to  their  homes  for  the  holi- 
days, returning  January  3.  Some  parts  of  the  concert  program' were 
recorded  before  vacation,  and  on  Christmas  morning,  at  9:30,  they 
were  broadcast  over  the  New  England  Regional  Network.  This 
pleased  many  people  who  were  not  able  to  attend  the  concerts,  and 
members  of  the  chorus  especially  enjoyed  hearing  themselves  sing,  as 
they  listened  in  at  their  homes  on  Christmas  morning. 

Perkins  again  took  part  in  the  Greater  Boston  United  War  Fund 
Drive,  and  through  contributions  from  practically  every  member  of 
the  staff  and  every  pupil,  $946.33  was  raised.  This  is  a  definite  con- 
tribution on  the  part  of  members  of  the  school,  as  Perkins  has  never 
been  a  member  of  the  Community  Fund,  and  does  not  in  any  way 
benefit  by  the  contributions  made  to  this  source.  Likewise,  the 
pupils  and  staff  took  part  in  the  Red  Cross  drive  for  funds,  and 
reported  contributions  totaling  $465.00.  Through  the  Junior  Red 
Cross  with  which  Perkins  is  affiliated,  twenty-six  Christmas  boxes 
were  sent  abroad,  and  in  the  spring  three  hundred  cans  of  food  were 
collected  for  overseas  relief.  Pupils  in  their  classes  made  sweaters  for 

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Mrs.  Burtt's  school  for  the  blind  in  South  China,  and  wove  rugs  which 
were  distributed  to  local  veterans'  hospitals.  Also,  through  the  year, 
two  pupils  from  Perkins  represented  the  school  at  the  Junior  Red 
Cross  Council  for  Metropolitan  Boston,  and  at  the  spring  meeting 
Francis  Cordeau,  who  will  be  a  senior  next  year,  was  elected  vice- 
president  for  the  coming  year. 

Two  study  programs  of  unusual  interest  were  initiated  this  year. 
The  first,  for  and  by  the  pupils,  was  a  study  in  international  relations, 
which  was  carried  on  through  the  year.  During  the  fall  months  and 
early  winter  interesting  programs  covering  China,  India,  and  Russia 
were  presented.  Representatives  of  these  countries  at  the  school  told 
of  the  customs  in  their  lands,  and  special  exhibits  were  set  up.  During 
the  spring  months  the  Latin  American  countries  were  featured. 
Throughout  the  year  a  great  deal  of  classroom  study  and  assigned 
reading  was  integrated  into  the  program. 

Classes  for  the  Staff 

The  second  educational  venture  was  a  series  in  adult  education 
classes  for  the  benefit  of  the  staff.  The  committee,  made  up  of  Mr. 
Coon,  Mr.  McGreal,  and  Miss  Thayer,  arranged  for  three  classes  to 
be  held  on  Tuesday  evenings  during  the  winter  months.  A  course  in 
music  appreciation  was  led  by  Mr.  Edward  W,  Jenkins,  a  course  in 
artistic  expression  featured  painting,  sculpturing  and  other  forms  of 
art,  under  Miss  Frances  L.  McGaw,  and  a  course  in  metal  work  was 
conducted  by  Mr.  John  B.  Butler.  More  than  fifty  members  of  the 
staff  participated  in  this  program,  which  concluded  with  an  exhibition 
of  work  done  and  entertainment  in  the  Lower  School  Hall  on  Tuesday 
evening,  April  9.  The  staff  also  held  a  square  dance  on  February  18, 
and  the  regular  annual  Staff  Party  was  held  on  March  8,  the  Lower 
School  being  host. 

Throughout  the  year  the  Music  Department  carried  on  its 
program  of  recitals  and  concerts,  featuring  the  pupils  studying  in  this 
department,  and  also  the  pupils  who  are  under  the  training  of  our 
advanced  students  in  the  Pianoforte  Normal  Course.  The  recital  of 
seniors  and  juniors  was  held  on  the  evening  of  March  1.  Recitals  by 
intermediate  pupils  were  held  on  January  25  and  May  23,  while 
recitals  by  advanced  pupils  were  held  on  February  1  and  May  28. 
A  concert  of  secular  music  'was  presented  by  the  Upper  School 
Chorus  on  Friday  evening  May  3,  with  John  di  Francesco,  Perkins 
'40,  as  baritone  soloist.  On  the  evening  of  June  11,  a  violin  recital 
was  given  by  Roman  Mochernuk,  a  post-graduate  student,  assisted 

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hy  Harold  Schwab  on  the  organ  and  violin.  The  Music  Department's 
spring  program  culminated  in  a  Pop  Concert  in  Dwight  Hall  on  the 
evenings  of  June  6  and  7.  This  is  quite  a  departure  from  the  usual 
program  of  the  Music  Department,  featuring  as  it  did  much  popular 
music  rendered  in  a  strikingly  dramatic  setting.  The  concerts  were 
thoroughly  enjoyed  by  the  large  audiences  on  both  evenings,  and  the 
pupils  had  a  fine  time  preparing  for  them.  Proceeds  from  these  Pop 
Concerts  went  to  the  Theatre  Fund,  which  is  used  to  buy  tickets  for 
the  pupils  to  attend  outstanding  plays. 

The  Physical  Education  Department  carried  on  its  usual  program 
of  gymnasium  classes  and  programs  of  physical  fitness,  stressing 
during  the  winter  months  swimming  and  wrestling.  In  swimming,  the 
pupils  were  instructed  by  Walter  Houston,  the  swimming  instructor 
provided  by  the  American  Red  Cross.  The  wrestling  team  was 
trained  by  Maxwell  Rappaport,  former  New  England  wrestling 
champion,  who  did  a  good  deal  to  develop  a  fine  team  at  Perkins. 
Meets  were  held  with  several  high  schools  and  academies.  During  the 
spring  months  the  boys  were  on  the  field  preparing  for  track  events, 
and  held  three  meets  on  the  school  grounds:  on  May  13  with  Water- 
town  High  School;  on  June  1,  when  the  Overbrook  team  came  to 
Perkins;  and  on  June  8,  when  we  were  host  to  the  New  York  Insti- 
tute. Unfortunately  we  did  not  win  any  of  these  meets,  but  at  least 
had  the  value  of  the  association  and  competition  with  three  unusually 
good  teams. 
M  A  spring  event  of  unusual  interest  was  the  visit  of  the  Glee  Club 
'  made  up  of  girls,  and  the  Octet  made  up  of  boys,  to  Tabor  Academy, 
where  on  the  evening  of  May  24  they  gave  a  concert.  During  the 
afternoon  they  enjoyed  sailing  and  other  sports  at  this  school  with 
which  Mr.  Sherman  was  formerly  connected.  Both  the  Glee  Club  and 
the  Octet  had  a  great  many  opportunities  for  public  performances 
during  the  year,  and  reflected  credit  on  the  musical  training  which 
Perkins  has  given  to  them. 

Graduation  Awards 
Graduation  was  held  this  year  on  Wednesday,  June  19.  This 
was  several  days  later  than  usual  in  order  to  shorten  the  gap  between 
the  closing  of  school  and  the  beginning  of  the  convention,  as  many  of 
the  staff  members  wished  to  remain  for  that  event.  Diplomas  were 
awarded  by  Mr.  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  President  of  the  Corporation, 
to  Norma  Farrar,  Winchester,  Massachusetts;  Faye  George,  Barre, 
Vermont;  Margaret  Hayman,  Chelsea,  Massachusetts;  Mary  Martin- 
elli,  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts;  Edmund  E.  Berube,  Fall  River, 

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Massachusetts;  Thomas  Cotter,  Roxbury,  Massachusetts;  Richard 
Crane,  Providence,  Rhode  Island;  Bruno  Kiwior,  Ludlow,  Massa- 
chusetts. The  invocation  was  offered  by  the  Rev.  Edson  G.  Water- 
house  of  the  Methodist  Church  in  Watertown,  and  an  excellent  Com- 
mencement address  was  made  by  the  Rev.  Carl  Heath  Kopf  of  the 
Mount  Vernon  Church  in  Boston.  The  dances  usually  held  by  the 
boys  and  girls  respectively  on  the  night  before  and  the  night  of 
graduation,  were  held  this  year  prior  to  graduation  on  May  17  and 
May  18.  After  much  consideration  it  was  felt  that  it  would  relieve  the 
crowding  at  graduation  time  to  have  these  social  events  earlier  in  the 
year.  The  plan  proved  successful,  and  did  give  the  graduation  the 
dignity  and  the  freshness  which  came  through  the  elimination  of 
other  events.  In  the  place  of  the  dances,  a  reception  was  held  in  the 
museum  of  the  Howe  Building  following  the  graduation  exercises. 
This  gave  opportunity  for  the  officers  of  the  school  to  meet  the 
parents  and  friends,  and  for  the  graduates  also  to  meet  their  guests  in 
a  pleasant  social  way. 

At  the  graduation  exercises,  Winfield  Lewis  received  his  certi- 
ficate as  a  Pianoforte  Tuner,  and  Certificates  of  Efficiency  were 
awarded  by  the  Ediphone  Company  to  the  following  members  of  the 
Commercial  Department:  Faye  George,  Ethel  Murray,  Clarice  Rothe, 
Hideko  Shimokawa,  and  Jane  Waska.  Faye  George  of  the  graduating 
class  entered  Middlebury  in  September,  while  Edmund  Berube  has 
been  admitted  to  Brown  University.  Three  postgraduate  students 
entered  college  in  September:  Roman  Mochernuk,  School  of  Music, 
Oberlin  College;  Stephen  Garabedian,  Rhode  Island  State  College, 
to  major  in  landscape  gardening;  Robert  Fried,  to  take  courses  in 
journalism  at  Boston  University. 

A.  A.  I.  B.  Convention 

Following  graduation,  attention  was  turned  to  the  preparation 
to  receive  the  American  Association  of  Instructors  of  the  Blind,  who 
held  their  biennial  convention  at  Perkins  during  the  last  week  of 
June.  Over  200  persons  came  to  the  convention,  representing  schools 
for  the  blind  from  all  parts  of  the  country.  Nearly  all  attending  lived 
at  the  school,  and  meals  were  served  not  in  the  cottages,  as  that  would 
have  divided  the  whole  group,  but  in  the  Lower  School  assembly  hall 
and  gymnasium.  This  made  it  possible  for  the  entire  convention  to 
have  meals  together,  which  is  always  one  of  the  high  points  in  gather- 
ings of  this  type. 

While  the  program  for  the  convention  was  prepared  by  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Association,  Perkins  did  have  a  part  in 

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planning  some  of  the  local  features.  One  of  the  outstanding  features 
of  this  convention  was  addresses  from  people  outside  the  field  of  the 
blind,  who  came  from  educational  institutions.  They  pointed  out  the 
general  trends  in  education,  which  it  was  our  desire  to  understand  so 
that  adaptation  could  be  made  to  our  special  field,  and  we  could  keep 
informed  of  the  new  developments  in  general  education.  Under  this 
plan,  speakers  came  from  the  Graduate  School  of  Education,  Harvard 
University;  the  School  of  Education,  Boston  University;  and  from 
Wheelock  College,  the  center  for  kindergarten  and  primary  school 
training.  Another  speaker  of  general  interest  was  Col.  E.  A.  Baker, 
Head  of  the  Canadian  National  Institute  for  the  Blind,  who  spoke  at 
the  open  meeting  held  on  the  second  night  of  the  convention.  Dr. 
Edward  E.  Allen,  the  Director  Emeritus,  gave  a  spirited  talk  on  some 
of  his  ideas  and  principles  in  our  special  field.  Sight-seeing  trips  to 
historic  places  around  Boston  were  planned  and  greatly  enjoyed.  On 
Thursday  evening,  June  27,  the  closing  night,  a  large  section  of 
Symphony  Hall  was  engaged  so  that  visitors  could  enjoy  one  of 
Boston's  unique  Pop  Concerts.  Following  the  convention,  many 
letters  of  appreciation  were  received  and  everyone  was  unanimous  in 
feeling  that  the  convention  was  one  of  the  most  successful  ever  held. 

Summer  School  for  Babies 

Perkins  was  asked  again  to  conduct  a  summer  school  for  blind 
babies  and  their  mothers,  under  the  care  of  Dr.  Theodore  L.  Terry. 
The  first  school  of  this  type  was  held  at  Perkins  in  June  1945,  and  an 
account  of  this  was  made  in  the  last  Annual  Report.  In  planning  for 
the  second  session,  it  was  not  possible  to  hold  it  at  the  end  of  the  school 
year,  in  the  month  of  June,  as  previously,  because  of  our  commitment 
for  the  American  Association  of  Instructors  of  the  Blind.  It  was  there- 
fore decided  to  hold  this  session  for  ten  days  following  Labor  Day 
1946.  While  this  throws  this  event  beyond  the  period  of  time  covered 
by  this  report,  mention  is  made  at  this  time  because  it  normally 
should  have  been  within  the  year.  It  was  decided  this  year  to  make 
the  program  of  lectures  for  the  mothers  a  little  lighter  than  the  year 
before,  but  during  the  period  the  mothers  had  opportunity  to  hear 
leading  authorities  in  all  aspects  of  child  care.  They  were  also  pro- 
vided with  the  opportunity  for  daily  conferences  with  Miss  Gertrude 
E.  Van  den  Broek,  field  worker  for  pre-school  blind,  of  New  York 
State. 

The  nursery  school  for  the  babies  was  conducted  this  year  by 
Miss  Pauline  M.  Moor,  who  in  March  became  full-time  field  worker 

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for  this  group,  visiting  the  homes  of  the  parents  of  children  who  were 
prematurely  born,  and  because  of  that  had  defective  vision.  This 
field  work  is  part  of  the  whole  project,  and  Miss  Moor  has  done  a  fine 
piece  of  work  in  establishing  contacts  with  the  parents,  and  advising 
them  in  the  care  of  their  children.  This  project,  which  was  initiated 
at  the  request  of  Dr.  Terry,  is  now  operated  jointly  by  the  Perkins 
Institution  and  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  whose 
workers  have  done  so  much  with  the  children  in  this  group.  It  is 
financed  by  a  grant  from  a  local  trust  fund,  although  both  Perkins 
and  the  Infirmary  contribute  the  leadership  and  services  of  their 
staff  members.  All  connected  with  this  project  were  deeply  grieved 
by  the  sudden  death  of  Dr.  Terry,  on  September  28.  His  leadership 
in  this  field  will  be  greatly  missed. 

Reports  from  Afar 

The  opening  of  world-wide  commimications  coming  with  the 
close  of  the  war  revealed  how  far  the  renown  of  Perkins  has  reached, 
and  the  international  aspects  of  its  influence  and  prestige.  Letters 
have  come  literally  from  aU  over  the  world.  They  ask  for  advice, 
for  supplies,  and  for  the  privilege  of  sending  representatives  here  to 
learn  our  ways  and  to  study  our  methods.  In  the  Director's  active 
file  at  this  time  of  writing  are  letters  from  Austria,  Belgium,  China, 
Egypt,  England,  Finland,  France,  Gieece,  Hungary,  India,  Italy, 
Mexico,  Portugal,  the  Philippines  and  Switzerland.  At  the  school 
during  the  year  there  have  been  representatives  of  work  for  the  blind 
from  Belgium,  Cuba,  Puerto  Rico,  Norway,  Sweden,  Spain  and  Russia. 

Some  of  the  most  interesting  letters  come  from  former  members 
of  the  Harvard  Class,  about  whose  welfare  we  have  been  concerned 
during  the  war.  Miss  Nicholai  writes  from  Greece,  "Our  school  has 
been  functioning  all  through  the  dark  years  of  slavery  with  many 
hardships  to  meet.  You  Americans  cannot  imagine  our  hardships." 
Miss  Caulfield  writes  from  Siam,  "The  school  is  going  pretty  well 
considering  the  state  of  the  world.  .  .  .  The  material  with  which 
Perkins  so  generously  supplied  us  makes  it  possible  for  us  to  carry  on 
our  work."  Miss  Tejada  writes  from  the  Philippines,  "Classes  have 
not  been  resumed  in  the  school.  .  .  .1  wish  to  acknowledge  receipt  of 
many  packages  for  our  school.  I  extend  to  you  my  heartfelt  apprecia- 
tion for  them." 

There  are  also  letters  from  the  old,  established  organizations 
asking  that  the  former  relationships  be  reopened.  The  Association 
Valentine  Hauy  for  the  Blind,  in  Paris,  writes,  "Now  that  normal 


relations  are  reestablished  between  our  countries,  we  are  again  con- 
sidering the  exchange  of  publications,  .  .  .as  we  did  before  the  war." 
Major  MacMahon  of  the  Gardner's  Trust  for  the  Blind  in  London 
writes,"Now  that  the  war  is  over,  I  am  happy  to  write  and  express  .  .  . 
how  interesting  and  valuable  I  have  found  the  articles  and  the  items  of 
information  affecting  blind  welfare  in  the  United  States  of  America." 
Dr.  Mell  in  Austria  writes  that  the  library  of  the  Vienna  Institution 
has  been  destroyed,  and  asks,  "If  you  will  send  me  the  last  reports  of 
Perkins,  I  shall  give  them  with  the  older  reports  I  possess  to  the  insti- 
tution in  amends  of  the  lost  copies."  Dr.  George  B.  Fryer  of  Shanghai, 
China,  wrote  recently,  asking  for  many  reports  to  supplement  those 
which  "I  have  managed  to  save  from  the  debris."  During  the  war 
Perkins  kept  a  sufficient  number  of  Annual  Reports  to  send  to  foreign 
countries  formerly  receiving  them,  so  that  their  records  of  our  activi- 
ties may  be  complete.  These  are  being  shipped  constantly  to  all  parts 
of  the  world. 

The  Harvard  Class 

Perhaps  the  outstanding  medium  of  our  international  relations 
has  been  the  program  of  teacher-training  conducted  by  Perkins  in 
cooperation  with  the  Graduate  School  of  Education  of  Harvard 
University.  The  course  began  this  year  with  twenty-five  years  of 
experience  behind  it,  and  started  on  its  new  quarter  of  a  century  with 
a  small  but  interesting  group.  Included  in  the  class  of  ten  were  Miss 
Laura  Trapaga  from  the  School  for  the  Blind  in  Puerto  Rico,  and 
Mrs.  Ellen  Lin  from  China,  where  she  expects  to  return  after  another 
year  of  study  at  Harvard  to  secure  a  master's  degree.  Another  mem- 
ber of  the  class  this  year  was  James  Kent,  a  veteran  who  lost  his 
sight  as  a  Japanese  prisoner  in  the  Philippines,  having  been  a  member 
of  the  famous  Bataan  Death  March.  The  Harvard  Class,  during  its 
twenty-five  years,  has  had  representatives  from  nineteen  foreign 
countries  and  nearly  every  State  in  this  country. 

Dr.  Edward  E.  AUen,  the  Director  Emeritus,  continued  during 
the  past  year  to  give  his  usual  lectures,  even  though  he  is  now  in  his 
eighty-fifth  year.  The  present  Director  gave  a  number  of  lectures, 
but  most  of  the  work  of  administering  the  course  falls  to  Dr.  Samuel 
P.  Hayes,  for  many  years  professor  of  psychology  at  Mount  Holyoke 
College,  but  now  a  resident  member  of  the  staff  at  Perkins.  This  is 
Dr.  Hayes's  fifth  year  at  directing  the  course,  and  during  these  years 
he  has  done  much  to  enrich  it  and  to  raise  the  standards,  so  that  all 
of  the  work  is  on  a  graduate  level,  and  the  courses  are  so  grouped 
that  academic  credit  can  be  given. 

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Another  department  of  the  school  showing  the  widespread 
service  of  Perkins  is  the  Deaf-BHnd  Department,  which  from  its 
origin  in  1931  has  accepted  from  all  parts  of  the  country  children  who 
are  deaf  and  blind.  The  Department  has  had  eleven  pupils  this  year. 
One  new  pupil  was  admitted  — ■  Perry  Norris,  a  fourteen-year-old  boy 
from  Alabama.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  year  Carolyn  Edmundson 
from  West  Virginia  was  transferred  to  another  school,  and  Betty 
Rimsen  from  Minnesota  did  not  return.  To  fill  these  two  vacancies 
James  Brown,  a  five-year-old  boy  from  Mississippi,  and  Pauline 
Mansfield,  a  fifteen-year-old  girl  from  Washington,  were  accepted  for 
admission  in  September  1946.  Further  extension  of  the  work  of  this 
department  has  been  hampered  by  inability  to  secure  teachers  well 
qualified  in  the  two  fields  of  blindness  and  deafness.  There  are  now 
six  teachers  and  four  attendants  in  the  department  who  are  able  to 
give  effective  service  only  to  ten  or  twelve  pupUs.  We  are  therefore 
restricting  the  program  to  that  number. 

Children  of  the  Silent  Night 

Because  we  accept  deaf-blind  children  from  all  over  the  country, 
we  have  for  several  years  made  an  annual  appeal  on  a  national  basis, 
asking  for  assistance  for  this  special  department  of  the  Perkins  pro- 
gram. In  November  over  ten  thousand  letters  were  sent  to  persons 
throughout  the  country,  and  with  each  a  calendar  picturing  two  of 
the  pupils :  Robert  Smithdas  of  Pennsylvaaia  and  Juanita  Morgan  of 
Colorado.  The  response  to  this  appeal  was  gratifying  as  contributions 
were  received  from  1386  persons  totalling  $13,185.71.  In  September 
1946,  Robert  Smithdas  was  admitted  to  St.  John's  University  in 
Brooklyn,  and  had  an  article  in  the  October  issue  of  Vogue. 

While  writing  of  the  Deaf-Blind  Department,  record  should  be 
made  of  the  death  on  October  11, 1945,  at  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  of  Thomas 
Stringer,  who  was  one  of  the  notable  deaf-blind  pupils  at  Perkins  in 
the  nineties.  Tommy  came  to  Perkins  in  April  1891  "a  mere  lump  of 
breathing  clay."  At  Perkins  he  grew  up  and  became  exceedingly  pro- 
ficient in  woodwork.  In  1913  he  went  to  live  with  Lee  Edgarton  at 
Fulton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  made  his  home  until  his  death.  During  this 
time  he  was  profitably  employed  using  his  skill  at  woodwork  in  the 
making  of  crates  for  fruits  and  vegetables  grown  on  the  farm. 

The  library,  which  also  serves  beyond  the  school  as  well  as  within, 
has  had  the  busiest  year  ever.  Within  the  school  3626  textbooks  were 
drawn  from  the  library  by  the  pupils,  and  5386  volumes  were  taken 
out  for  voluntary  reading.    In  addition,  the  school  used  from  the 

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library  1884  Talking  Books.  This  number  far  exceeds  the  previous 
year's  record.  Beyond  the  school,  the  Perkins  Library  has  provided 
reading  matter,  both  embossed  and  talking,  for  the  adult  blind  of 
most  of  New  England.  Here  again  a  record  has  been  set,  with  the 
report  that  there  were  circulated  7513  embossed  books,  and  17,827 
Talking  Books.  1082  embossed  volumes  and  868  Talking  Book  sets 
were  accessioned  by  the  library  during  the  year.  This  represents  124 
titles  of  embossed  books,  and  135  titles  of  Talking  Books.  In  ren- 
dering this  service,  the  library  acts  as  one  of  the  twenty-seven 
regional  libraries  sending  out  books  which  are  provided  by  the 
Library  of  Congress. 

New  Library  Needed 

The  increase  in  the  service  of  the  library  has  again  brought  to  the 
fore  the  need  for  larger  quarters.  The  library  shelves  are  overjflowing, 
and  the  facilities  for  shipping  books  are  entirely  inadequate.  Plans 
prepared  several  years  ago  for  a  new  building  for  the  library  have 
been  reconsidered,  and  a  committee  has  been  appointed  by  the 
Trustees  to  formulate  plans  for  the  raising  of  money  and  the  erection 
of  a  library  building.  The  proposed  building  would  not  only  house 
the  library  but  would  provide  greatly-needed  space  for  the  Harvard 
Class  and  a  center  for  the  teachers,  which  would  be  a  very  important 
factor  in  the  social  life  of  the  school.  There  is  now  no  place  on  the 
grounds  where  the  staff  can  meet  for  leisure-time  activities.  The 
building  may  also  provide  space  for  some  of  the  work  of  the  Howe 
Memorial  Press. 

The  Howe  Press  has  also  had  a  busy  year  as  the  report  printed 
elsewhere  in  this  volume  indicates.  It  has  continued  to  produce 
Braille  slates,  writing  boards,  games  for  the  blind,  and  other  appli- 
ances for  which  there  is  an  unceasing  demand.  The  Map  of  the  Month 
continues  to  grow  in  favor,  and  requests  for  it  are  received  from  all 
parts  of  the  world.  This  is  an  embossed  map  featuring  a  portion  of 
the  world  prominent  in  the  news  each  month.  The  Press  has  not  been 
able  to  put  into  production  a  Braille  Writer  but  looks  forward  to  that 
shortly;  nor  have  they  been  able  to  produce  recently  any  of  the 
shorthand  machines  which  are  made  only  at  the  Howe  Press.  Con- 
siderable thought  has  been  given  during  the  year  to  the  extension  of 
the  Howe  Press  activities  and  the  exploration  of  new  fields  of  service 
for  the  blind.  As  a  result  of  this  consideration  it  was  felt  advisable  to 
move  many  of  the  activities  of  the  Press  from  South  Boston  to 
Watertown.  An  extension  on  the  present  power  house  for  the  ma- 
chine shop  of  the  Press  was  authorized  and  constructed  during  the 

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summer.  It  will  begin  operation  early  this  coming  year.  It  is  hoped 
that  all  machine  activities  will  be  transferred  to  this  new  shop  where 
Mr.  Abraham,  for  many  years  connected  with  the  Manual  Training 
Department,  and  on  leave  of  absence  during  the  war  for  special 
mechanical  work,  will  be  in  charge.  Beginning  in  September  Mr. 
Waterhouse,  for  several  years  a  teacher  of  higher  mathematics  at  the 
school,  and  on  leave  of  absence  for  special  mathematical  work  in  con- 
nection with  jet  propulsion  at  the  General  Electric  Company  during 
the  war,  will  assist  in  the  managment  of  the  Press.  He  will  relieve  the 
present  manager,  Mr.  Bryan,  of  certain  parts  of  the  work,  and  in  time 
will  assume  full  management,  as  Mr.  Bryan  has  reached  the  retire- 
ment age.  Mr.  Waterhouse  was  in  charge  of  the  WPA  Map  Project 
which  was  conducted  at  Perkins,  and  through  his  long  association 
with  Perkins  has  a  good  knowledge  of  the  problems  and  needs  of 
blind  people  whom  the  Press  can  serve. 

Perkins  Publication 

During  the  year  many  publications  have  concerned  themselves 
with  our  field.  An  article  featuring  Perkins  appeared  in  the  May 
issue  of  Coronet.  This  brought  many  comments  and  letters.  Interest 
in  the  blind  has  been  stimulated  by  the  war,  and  reports  of  the 
activities  of  both  the  war  blinded  and  the  civilian  blind  have  seemed 
to  increase  in  number,  as  they  have  been  featured  in  many  magazines 
and  newspaper  articles.  Many  of  them,  we  regret  to  say,  reveal  an 
unfortunate  limitation  of  knowledge  of  the  blind  and  the  work  that 
is  being  done  for  them  and  by  them.  These  facts  substantiate  the 
feeling  that  has  prevailed  at  Perkins  that  our  function  is  not  only  to 
provide  instruction  for  blind  children,  but  also  to  educate  seeing 
people  regarding  the  blind  and  their  capabilities.  To  fulfill  that 
function  a  number  of  articles  by  members  of  the  Perkins  staff  have 
appeared  in  publications  within  and  without  our  field. 

Four  publications  will  be  mentioned:  one,  a  book  entitled  "Wings 
for  Ruth,"  published  by  W.  A.  Wilde,  tells  in  fiction  form  the  expe- 
rience of  a  child  attending  Perkins.  The  author  of  the  book  is  Rosan 
Clarke,  which  is  the  pen  name  of  Mrs.  Jessie  W.  Mayshark,  a  teacher 
in  our  Lower  School.  The  second  publication,  quite  different,  is  "Voca- 
tional Aptitude  Testing,"  by  Samuel  P.  Hayes  of  the  Perkins  staff, 
and  number  thirteen  in  the  series  of  Perkins  Publications.  This  tells 
what  has  been  done  in  the  way  of  developing  and  adapting  vocational 
tests  for  the  blind,  and  presents  a  most  comprehensive  study  of  that 
field.  This  book  has  been  widely  requested,  and  orders  are  coming  in 

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MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS  AS  EXHIBIT  OF  THE  MONTH 


A  PORTION  OF  THE  HARVARD  CLASS  WITH  DR.  ALLEN 


constantly  for  copies  of  it.  The  third  publication  is  a  Report  of  the 
Summer  School  Project,  written  by  Miss  Frances  E.  Marshall, 
Psychiatric  Social  Worker  of  Perkins,  and  Miss  Ruth  M.  Butler, 
Medical  Social  Worker  of  the  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary.  This  is  a 
forty-eight-page  account  of  the  program  and  activities  of  the  summer 
school  which  was  held  at  Perkins  June  17  to  30,  1945.  It  contains  a 
full  account  of  the  planning,  and  sets  down  certain  principles  which 
should  be  followed  in  a  program  of  this  type.  This  report  was  written 
largely  because  of  the  many  requests  that  were  coming  to  us  for 
information  about  this  project,  and  for  our  opinion  regarding  pro- 
grams for  little  blind  children.  Fourth,  the  Director  has  again  been 
asked  to  write  the  article  on  The  Blind  of  the  United  States,  for  the 
Social  Work  Year  Book  published  by  the  Russell  Sage  Foundation. 

Legislation  for  the  Blind 

During  the  year,  the  Director  continued  to  serve  as  Chairman 
of  the  Committee  on  Legislation  of  the  American  Association  of  the 
Instructors  of  the  Blind.  While  a  great  many  bills  pertaining  to  the 
problems  of  blindness  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  blind  were  introduced 
into  the  79th  Congress,  none  of  any  great  importance  was  enacted  into 
law.  The  Wagner  Bill,  which  proposed  to  amend  the  Social  Security 
Act  by  eliminating  Title  Ten  (which  provides  federal  support  on  a 
fifty-fifty  basis  for  benefits  to  the  needy  blind) ,  did  not  emerge  from 
committee.  Some  interested  in  the  blind  opposed  this  amendment, 
because  it  would  have  put  the  blind  in  the  same  category  as  other 
needy  persons.  The  Congress  did,  however,  amend  the  Social  Se- 
curity Act  so  that  the  Federal  Government,  beginning  October  1, 
1946,  will  pay  ten  out  of  the  first  fifteen  dollars  of  assistance  granted 
by  the  state,  and  fifty  percent  of  any  payment  up  to  twenty-five 
dollars  as  the  Federal  Government's  share.  This  means  approxi- 
mately a  five  dollar  a  month  increase  for  those  entitled  to  benefits 
under  this  legislation. 

Proponents  of  wider  assistance  to  the  blind  have  been  urging 
that,  in  place  of  the  provision  of  Title  Ten,  there  should  be  set  up  in 
the  Social  Security  Act  a  special  plan  for  the  blind  which  would  cor- 
respond in  pattern,  but  not  in  detail,  to  the  Old  Age  and  Survivor's 
Insurance  Plan.  Under  this  proposal  all  employed  persons  would 
contribute  to  the  fund  on  the  same  basis  as  wage  earners  now  con- 
tribute to  the  Old  Age  Fund,  and  then  in  the  case  of  blindness,  each 
person  covered  would  be  entitled  to  financial  aid  in  the  same  way 
that  people  are  now  receiving  an  annuity  under  the  Social  Security 

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Act  upon  attaining  the  age  of  sixty-five.  While  this  would  assure 
financial  assistance  to  those  employed  and  covered,  it  would  not 
provide  for  those  who  are  born  blind  or  who  lost  their  sight  before 
becoming  wage  earners.  Many  proposals  for  this  coverage  have  been 
made  including  one  in  the  form  of  a  tax  on  electric  light  bulbs,  on  the 
basis  that  those  who  enjoy  light  therefrom  might  well  share  with 
those  who  live  in  darkness. 

The  only  other  important  federal  legislation  of  the  year  was  the 
amendment  of  the  Pratt-Smoot  Bill  passed  in  1931,  which  makes 
federal  funds  available  for  reading  matter  for  the  adult  blind.  The 
funds  for  this  purpose  were  originally  $125,000.00  a  year  for  embossed 
books,  but  in  1944  this  appropriation  was  increased  to  $500,000.00  a 
year  and  broadened  to  include  recorded  books,  and  the  distribution 
and  servicing  of  reproducing  machines.  On  August  8,  1946,  this 
appropriation  was  increased  to  $1,125,000.00  annually.  $200,000.00 
of  the  total  must  be  expended  for  books  in  raised  characters,  and 
the  balance  may  be  used  for  sound  reproduction  recordings,  and 
the  purchase,  replacement,  and  maintenance  of  reproducers  or 
Talking  Books.  The  Seventy-ninth  Congress,  however,  adjourned 
without  making  an  appropriation  to  implement  this  legislation. 

In  Massachusetts  legislative  interest  centered  in  a  bill  proposing 
that  special  facilities  be  set  up  to  provide  for  the  feeble-minded  blind. 
A  comprehensive  report  covering  this  subject  was  published  in 
January  1946,  as  the  result  of  a  bill  approved  July  25,  1945,  which 
provided  for  a  recess  commission  to  investigate  and  study  the  estab- 
lishment of  an  institution  for  the  care  of  the  blind  feeble-minded 
and  blind  epileptic  persons  in  the  Commonwealth.  The  committee 
presenting  the  report  recommended  that  a  special  and  complete 
institution  be  established  which  would  include  all  the  blind  in  the 
categories  named,  regardless  of  their  age  or  degree  of  mental  defi- 
ciency. Further  consideration  of  this  problem  and  public  hearings 
resulted  in  the  passage,  on  June  10,  1946,  of  an  act  which  calls  for 
additional  facilities  to  be  made  available  at  the  Walter  E.  Fernald 
School  for  the  care  of  the  feeble-minded  blind.  Perkins  has  long  been 
interested  in  some  special  provision  for  the  young  blind  who  are 
unable  to  meet  the  educational  standards  maintained  at  this  school. 
It  is  hoped  that  through  the  permission  granted  by  this  legislation,  an 
adequate  and  satisfactory  means  may  be  found  to  care  for  these 
children  who  could  benefit  by  a  program  of  training  more  suited  to 
their  ability.  Perkins  stands  ready  to  cooperate  with  the  Fernald 
School  in  the  working  out  of  such  a  program. 

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Blinded  Veterans 
In  the  last  report  reference  was  made  to  the  appointment  in 
March  1945  of  an  Honorary  Citizens'  Advisory  Committee  to  the 
Surgeon  General  of  the  Army  on  the  rehabilitation  of  blinded  service 
men.  The  Director  of  Perkins  was  one  of  twelve  members.  The 
appointment  of  this  committee  toward  the  end  of  the  war,  and  after 
the  program  for  the  rehabilitation  of  service  men  had  been  definitely 
formed,  gave  little  opportmiity  for  constructive  accomplishment. 
With  the  close  of  the  war  the  burden  of  this  work  began  to  fall  more 
heavily  on  the  Veterans  Administration  than  on  either  the  Army  or 
the  Navy,  and  on  special  invitation  of  General  Omar  Bradley,  this 
committee  was  transferred  to  the  Veterans  Administration,  and  two 
or  three  additional  members  added.  The  committee  has  held  three 
meetings,  and  a  thorough  study  has  been  made  of  the  procedures  of 
the  Veterans  Administration  in  caring  for  blinded  service  men,  not 
only  those  of  World  War  II,  but  the  many  who  were  found  to  be  in 
veterans'  hospitals  and  homes.  An  extensive  report  including  many 
recommendations  has  been  prepared  by  the  committee  and  submitted 
to  General  Bradley.  The  committee  stands  ready  to  give  to  the 
Veterans  Administration  the  benefit  of  the  experience  with  the  blind 
which  its  members  possess. 

Programs  for  the  Blinded 

The  Veterans  Administration  is  making  some  progress  toward  a 
constructive  program  for  the  blind  as  they  come  to  them  from  both 
the  Army  and  the  Navy.  In  each  of  the  fifty-five  regional  offices,  two 
men  who  were  designated  for  training  in  that  field,  so  that  they  can 
better  understand  and  meet  the  needs  of  the  blinded  veterans,  were 
sent  in  groups  from  the  regional  offices  to  the  American  Foundation 
for  the  Blind  in  New  York  for  a  four  weeks'  course  on  problems  per- 
taining to  the  blind.  The  Director  of  Perkins  spoke  to  each  of  the 
groups  on  methods  and  principles  in  the  education  of  the  young 
blind.  It  may  be  of  interest  to  note  that  one  of  the  men  who  heard 
the  Director's  talk,  later,  on  returning  to  his  field  in  Tennessee, 
found  a  young  blind  veteran  who  he  thought  could  benefit  by  what 
Perkins  offered,  and  that  young  man  is  now  enrolled  at  Perkins. 

A  report  of  the  Veterans  Administration  made  in  September 
1944  indicated  that  there  were,  at  that  time,  3648  veterans  on  the 
pension  rolls  who  were  totally  blind  or  had  not  more  than  20/200 
vision  in  the  better  eye.  This  included  the  surviving  veterans  of  all 
wars.  A  study  made  in  1946  indicated  that  there  were  in  the  Veterans 
Administration  hospitals  and  homes,  337  blinded  veterans,  of  whom 

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only  eight  were  of  World  War  II.  307  were  veterans  of  World  War  I, 
fourteen  were  of  the  Spanish-American  War,  and  the  others  lost 
their  sight  through  non-service  causes.  To  this  total  will  be  added 
approximately  1200  or  1300  men  who  lost  their  sight  in  World 
War  II. 

The  Navy,  which  began  its  program  for  the  blind  at  the  Naval 
Hospital  in  Philadelphia  in  July  1944,  terminated  its  work  in  Septem- 
ber 1946,  A  report  of  July  1946  indicated  that  a  total  of  175  blinded 
cases  had  been  admitted  to  the  hospital.  Of  this  number,  104  were 
marines.  The  total  number  of  blind  sailors  and  marines  at  the  close 
of  the  program  was  approximately  200.  All  of  the  rehabilitation 
training  as  well  as  most  of  the  hospitalization  for  the  Navy  was  done 
at  the  Naval  Hospital  in  Philadelphia,  with  the  cooperation  of  the 
New  York  Institute  for  the  Blind,  where  groups  of  men  went  for  a 
ten-day  period  of  testing  and  guidance. 

The  Army  concentrated  its  hospitalization  for  the  blind  at  the 
Valley  Forge  General  Hospital  at  Phoenixville,  Pennsylvania,  and 
the  Dibble  General  Hospital  in  Palo  Alto,  California.  In  July  1944 
the  Army  opened  Old  Farms  Convalescent  Hospital  (Sp.)  in  Avon, 
Connecticut,  as  a  retraining  center.  Practically  all  the  blinded  per- 
sonnel of  the  Army,  in  groups  of  about  150,  passed  through  an  eighteen 
weeks'  course  in  social  adjustment  and  aptitude  exploration  at  this 
center.  At  this  writing  the  Avon  program  is  still  going  on,  although 
nearing  completion,  and  a  small  number  of  cases  involving  long 
hospitalization  will  be  found  in  some  of  the  Army  hospitals.  No 
official  figures  are  available  regarding  the  actual  number  of  blinded 
soldiers  at  this  time,  but  it  is  known  that  there  are  about  1200  men 
who  lost  their  sight  during  World  War  II. 

Pensions  for  the  Blinded 
All  of  the  men  both  of  the  Army  and  the  Navy  who  lost  their 
sight  have  been  pensioned  by  the  Veterans  Administration  under 
Public  Law  182,  passed  October  1,  1945.  This  law  provides  pensions 
for  blinded  persons  as  follows:  "blind  in  both  eyes  with  5/200  visual 
acuity  or  less"  —  $200;  "blinded  in  both  eyes"  —  $235;  "anatomical 
loss  of  both  eyes"  —  $265.  These  pensions  were  increased  twenty 
percent  as  of  October  1,  1946.  Few  will  quarrel  with  the  principle 
of  liberal  pensions  for  those  who  lost  their  sight  in  the  service  of  their 
country,  but  one  must  bear  that  fact  in  mind  when  criticism  is  leveled 
at  the  failure  of  those  responsible  for  the  blind  to  interest  veterans  in 
constructive  or  contributory  effort.  Many  of  the  young  men  who  have 
come  through  the  training  centers  will  want,  and  are  in  fact  taking 

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good  positions,  and  are  working,  not  only  for  the  satisfaction  of 
employing  their  time,  but  also  to  make  a  contribution  to  society. 
There  are  some,  however,  who,  with  the  assurance  of  an  ample 
pension  check  each  month  for  the  rest  of  their  lives,  will  find  it 
difficult  to  be  motivated  to  any  hard  work. 

During  the  summer  Perkins  had  an  opportunity  to  assist  with 
eight  blinded  soldiers  who  had  been  assigned  to  the  Gushing  General 
Hospital  in  Framingham.  These  men  had  come  to  this  hospital  for 
treatment  of  conditions  other  than  eye  trouble,  and  the  hospital  staff 
had  no  experience  or  equipment  to  assist  the  men  in  adjusting  to  their 
loss  of  vision.  Some  of  the  men  had  previous  experience  at  Avon,  and 
others  had  come  directly  to  Gushing,  having  previously  had  very 
little  training  in  learning  how  to  get  along  without  their  sight.  After 
a  conference  with  the  hospital  authorities,  and  a  preliminary  survey 
by  the  Director  and  the  Principal,  Miss  Jane  Smith  of  the  Personnel 
Department,  and  Joseph  Jablonske,  a  Perkins  graduate  and  teacher, 
were  assigned  to  give  whatever  assistance  seemed  advisable  in 
individual  cases.  They  were  later  assisted  by  James  Kent,  a  blinded 
veteran  who  had  been  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Glass  during  the 
year,  and  Gus  Frye,  a  young  man  of  Watertown  who,  while  in  the 
Army,  had  served  at  Valley  Forge  General  Hospital.  All  of  these  made 
several  visits  to  the  hospital  to  talk  with  the  men,  and  to  give  them 
the  benefit  of  their  experience.  Writing  boards.  Talking  Books, 
Braille  cards  and  other  games.  Braille  writing  equipment  and  manuals 
were  made  available.  Mr.  Jablonske  taught  Braille  to  three  of  the  men 
who  wished  this  instruction,  while  Miss  Smith  assisted  the  Red  Gross 
workers  in  meeting  the  problems  which  arose  in  individual  cases. 
Although  the  program  followed  did  not  produce  great  gains  to  all  of 
the  men,  it  was  nevertheless  a  real  service,  and  it  did  help  the  authori- 
ties at  the  hospital  in  dealing  more  adequately  with  these  men  for 
whose  visual  problems  they  were  not  prepared.  The  visits  were  made 
over  a  period  of  nine  weeks,  and  were  discontinued  after  all  the  men 
had  been  discharged  from  Gushing  to  go  to  Avon  or  to  other  hospi- 
tals for  treatment  or  to  their  homes. 

Aids  for  Partially  Seeing 
Mention  may  well  be  made  at  this  time  of  some  studies  which 
began  during  the  war  as  part  of  the  program  for  the  war  blinded,  and 
are  now  being  carried  over  on  a  peace-time  basis.  Reference  was 
made  in  the  last  report  to  a  project  to  develop  a  magnifying  device 
for  partially  seeing  people.  This  project,  which  was  initiated  by  Per- 
kins, received  the  endorsement  of  the  Army  and  sponsorship  by  the 

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Office  of  Scientific  Research  and  Development.  A  contract  was 
awarded  to  the  Dartmouth  Eye  Institute,  and  work  began  on  June 
15,  1945.  While  the  intended  purpose  of  the  project  was  to  see  if  a 
magnifying  device  could  be  developed  which  would  enable  partially 
seeing  people  to  read  ordinary  print  books  and  thereby  avoid  the 
necessity  of  printing  textbooks  and  other  reading  matter  in  large 
type,  the  actual  result  of  the  study  was  an  extensive  report  on  the 
history  and  technique  of  magnifj'ing  devices.  This  was  submitted  to 
the  Committee  on  Sensory  Aids  of  the  Office  of  Scientific  Research 
and  Development,  on  November  15,  1945.  After  that  study,  efforts 
were  made  to  produce  a  device  and  one  was  made  available  for  a 
tryout  with  a  group  at  Perkins  in  May  1946,  and  later  with  a 
group  of  children  in  sight-saving  classes  in  New  York  City.  This 
was  also  on  exhibition  at  the  convention  of  the  A.  A.  I.  B.  in  June. 
Dartmouth  is  still  working  on  this  development,  with  the  helpful 
cooperation  of  the  Department  of  Optics  at  the  University  of 
Rochester. 

At  the  same  time,  Herbert  Jehle  had  been  working  on  a  magni- 
fying device  on  projection  principles  in  the  physics  laboratory  at 
Harvard.  Mr.  Jehle  brought  his  device  to  Perkins  where  it  was  tried 
out.  The  chief  difficulty  with  his  device  was  lack  of  clear  reproduction 
and  the  fact  that  it  had  to  be  used  in  a  dark  room.  Mr.  Jehle's  efforts, 
however,  have  been  recognized  by  the  National  Research  Council, 
and  he  has  been  enabled  to  continue  his  studies  in  this  field  at  the 
Franklin  Institute  in  Philadelphia.  It  is  hoped  that  he  will  develop  a 
device  which  will  prove  effective  and  helpful,  and  will  supplement 
those  perfected  at  Dartmouth  and  Rochester. 

Adaptations  of  Aids  Study 

One  of  the  recommendations  of  the  Dartmouth  report  was  that  a 
study  be  made  of  the  psychological  factors  involved  in  the  use  of 
magnifying  devices.  During  the  past  summer.  Dr.  Walter  F.  Dear- 
born, Director  of  the  Psycho-educational  Laboratory  of  Harvard 
University,  was  interested  in  a  study  of  this  type,  and  a  project  to 
make  a  study  of  the  adaptation  of  visual  aids  for  use  by  the  partially 
sighted  was  approved  and  underwritten  by  the  National  Research 
Council.  The  contract  for  this  work  has  been  given  to  Perkins 
Institution,  and  the  technical  supervisor  will  be  Dr.  Dearborn,  who 
has  enlisted  the  interest  and  support  of  some  of  the  leading  authori- 
ties in  the  fields  of  psychology  and  optics.  The  study  is  getting  under 
way  at  the  present  time. 

Continuing  this  report  in  the  fields  in  which  the  Director  has  been 

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active  outside  of  the  Perkins  province,  it  may  be  stated  that  he  has 
continued  to  serve  as  Secretary  and  Trustee  of  the  American  Founda- 
tion of  the  Blind,  Trustee  of  the  American  Foundation  for  the  Over- 
seas BHnd  and  Trustee  and  member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Foundation  for  Vision,  created  by  the  late  Dr.  Theodore  L. 
Terry,  for  research  in  the  field  of  retrolental  fibroplasia.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Eye  Bank  for  Sight  Restora- 
tion of  New  York,  and  has  been  interested  in  the  group  in  Boston  that 
has  recently  established  an  eye  bank  at  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and 
Ear  Infirmary,  where  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Committee 
of  the  Social  Service  Department. 

Staff  Members  Retire 

Coming  back  to  Perkins,  this  report  will  conclude  with  a  state- 
ment regarding  changes  of  personnel  during  the  year  covered.  At  the 
close  of  the  school  in  June,  Perkins  added  to  the  retired  list  two 
members  of  the  staff  who  have  served  for  many  years.  Miss  Mary  B. 
Knowlton  came  to  Perkins  shortly  after  her  graduation  from  the 
Massachusetts  School  of  Art  in  1893.  From  that  time  until  June  she 
taught  in  the  Boys'  Vocational  Department,  where  she  made  a  great 
contribution  through  her  artistic  ability,  her  devotion  to  the  cause, 
and  her  great  interest  in  the  many  boys  who  have  felt  the  impact  of 
her  personality.  The  second  person  to  be  retired  was  Miss  Lily  B. 
Howard,  who  since  1924  has  been  the  telephone  operator,  and  the  first 
to  greet  visitors  to  Perkins  from  her  office  at  the  entrance  to  the  Howe 
Building.  Miss  Howard  is  an  interesting  link  between  Perkins  and 
the  Royal  Normal  College  in  London,  which  was  established  by  a 
former  teacher  in  Perkins,  who  became,  because  of  his  notable  work 
in  England,  Sir  Francis  Campbell.  When  Mr.  Campbell  went  to 
London  in  1872,  he  took  with  him  from  Perkins  six  teachers,  includ- 
ing Miss  Mary  Howard.  While  she  was  in  England,  Miss  Howard 
adopted  Lily,  and  brought  her  to  this  country.  Here  Miss  Howard 
later  married  Elwyn  W.  Fowler,  for  many  years  head  of  the  Piano 
Tuning  Department  at  Perkins,  and  who  was  retired  from  our  staff 
a  year  ago. 

Miss  Sharlie  M.  Chandler  who  has  been  associated  with  Perkins 
since  1911  as  a  teacher  in  the  Girls'  Vocational  Department  was 
granted  a  year's  leave  of  absence.  Three  war  substitutes  have  with- 
drawn from  the  staff:  Dr.  Dera  Kinsey  who  has  served  so  faithfully 
as  school  physician.  Dr.  H.  B.  C.  Riemer,  ophthalmologist,  and  Dr. 
George  E.  Crowell,  dentist  in  the  Upper  School.  Perkins  is  very 
grateful  for  their  services  during  these  years,  and  enjoyed  their  as- 

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sociation  and  their  interest  in  our  pupQs.  Dr.  Mark  D,  Elliott,  who 
was  a  major  in  the  Dental  Corps  of  the  Army  Air  Forces,  has  returned 
to  his  work  as  Upper  School  dentist,  and  Dr.  Trygve  Gundersen,  who 
did  such  notable  work  in  the  Army  overseas,  and  who  is  now  Chief 
Ophthalmologist  of  the  Veterans  Administration,  resumed  in  the 
middle  of  the  school  year  his  position  as  ophthalmologist  at  Perkins. 
He  is  being  assisted  by  Dr.  Joseph  M.  Clough,  who  served  as  ophthal- 
mologist with  the  Navy  in  Iceland  during  the  war.  Dr.  Victor  C. 
Balboni,  who  served  overseas  with  the  Army,  assumed  the  duties  of 
school  physician  in  the  spring. 

New  Supervisor  of  Girls 

At  the  close  of  the  school  in  June,  Miss  Elsie  H.  Simonds  relin- 
quished her  position  as  Supervisor  of  Girls,  but  will  continue  as  a 
teacher  in  the  fields  of  English  and  square  handwriting,  on  which  she 
is  an  authority.  For  fifteen  years  Miss  Simonds  was  the  head  of  the 
Girls'  Upper  School,  and  when  the  Girls'  and  Boys'  Schools  were  co- 
ordinated she  became  Supervisor  of  Girls,  which  office  she  has  held 
for  ten  years.  The  position  of  Supervisor  of  Girls  will  be  filled  by  Dr. 
Alice  M.  Carpenter,  formerly  head  of  the  Ming  Sum  School  for  the 
Blind  in  Canton,  China.  Miss  Carpenter  was  a  member  of  the 
Harvard  Class  in  1934-1935.  She  was  interned  by  the  Japanese 
during  the  war,  and  upon  her  release  came  back  to  Perkins,  where 
she  taught  during  the  year  1944-1945.  She  returned  to  China  last 
year  to  terminate  her  work  there.  Miss  Carpenter  brings  to  Perkins  a 
wide  experience  in  the  field  of  the  blind,  and  a  mature  understanding 
of  the  problems  of  girls.  In  June  she  received  from  her  Alma  Mater, 
Hastings  College,  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pedagogy. 

We  have  had  the  pleasure  of  having  as  a  teacher  this  year  Mrs. 
Mary  Knapp  Burtt,  a  graduate  of  Perkins,  and  of  Wellesley  in  1915. 
Following  graduation  Mrs.  Burtt  went  to  South  China  where  she 
opened  a  school  for  blind  children.  Driven  out  by  the  Japanese 
invasion,  Mrs.  Burtt  flew  "over  the  hump"  and  finally  reached  this 
country,  and  came  to  Perkins  for  the  year.  During  the  summer  Mrs. 
Burtt  sailed  for  China,  taking  with  her  a  good  many  supplies  ranging 
from  clothes  to  a  sewing  machine,  which  Perkins  gladly  provided  to 
help  her  open  her  school.  Totally  blind,  guided  by  her  dog  Ruby, 
Mrs.  Burtt  is  one  of  the  best  representatives  of  Perkins,  carrying  on 
the  work  in  foreign  fields.  It  has  been  a  privilege  having  her  at  Per- 
kins this  year. 

Other  staff  changes  were  the  resignations  in  the  Upper  School  of 
Leroy  V.  Cleveland,  teacher  of  science;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradford  W. 

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HIGHER  MATHEMATICS  FOR  THE  BLIND 


MOTHERS'  CONFERENCE  AT  SUMMER  SCHOOL 


Newcomb,  teachers  of  English;  John  B.  Butler,  of  the  Vocational 
Department;  and  Albert  R.  RajTuond,  of  the  Music  Department. 
David  Abraham  of  the  Vocational  Department,  on  leave  of  absence 
last  year,  returns  in  September  to  work  with  the  Howe  Memorial 
Press.  Edward  J.  Waterhouse,  now  teacher  of  mathematics  in  the 
Upper  School,  will  give  half  time  to  that  work,  and  half  time  to  the 
management  of  the  Howe  Press. 

In  the  Lower  School,  resignations  were  received  from  Miss 
Martha  L.  Winget,  Miss  Dorothy  A.  Bischoff,  and  ^liss  Rose  ^I. 
Saladino.  ^Irs.  Marjorie  J.  Morey.  a  former  teacher,  and  more 
recently  a  WAC  assigned  to  work  with  the  blind  at  Valley  Forge 
General  Hospital,  joined  the  Lower  School  staff  in  February  upon  her 
release  from  the  Army,  to  teach  the  fifth  grade.  She  is  not  returning 
next  year,  as  she  is  joining  her  husband  who  has  also  been  released 
from  the  Army.  Xew  teachers  in  the  Lower  School  in  September  will 
be  Miss  ^Mary  F.  Davies,  Wheelock  College,  '-45,  teacher  of  Kinder- 
garten; Miss  Muriel  Herrick,  Massachusetts  State  College,  '45, 
Harvard  Class  '46,  assistant  in  the  Kindergarten;  ]\Iiss  Carolyn 
Peters,  State  Teachers'  College,  Wisconsin,  '"2^2,  teacher  of  the  fifth 
grade;  Miss  Bertha  Feinberg,  University  of  Cincinnati,  '45,  Harvard 
Class  '46,  teacher  of  the  fifth  grade:  Anthony  Ackerman,  Bloomfield 
College,  '45,  Harvard  Class  '46,  assistant  in  the  Lower  School  special 
class;  and  ^Slrs.  Perley  C.  "VMiite,  who  studied  at  the  Xew  England 
Conservatory  of  ^Music,  teacher  of  piano. 

Three  teachers  have  been  added  to  the  staff  of  the  Upper  School. 
George  Faulkner  will  be  part-time  teacher  of  voice;  Leo  F.  Gittzus 
and  George  Robertie  are  to  teach  in  the  Vocational  Department,  and 
be  masters  of  Tompkins  and  Eliot  Cottages,  respectively.  In  the 
Administration  Offices,  ]\Iiss  Jean  E.  Harrison,  secretary  to  the 
Director,  resigned,  as  did  !Miss  Marion  A.  Knoll,  ediphonist.  ]Miss 
Harriet  IM.  Phillips  has  been  engaged  to  take  ]\Iiss  Knoll's  place,  and 
IMiss  Joan  Baum  is  to  be  assistant  telephone  operator,  and  to  help  in 
the  business  office. 

Losses  through  Death 

Death  during  the  year  removed  three  people  from  the  retired 
list,  claimed  one  teacher  and  a  pupil.  On  January  31,  John  J.  Carroll, 
chief  engineer  for  fifty-two  years  prior  to  his  retirement  in  103S, 
passed  away.  On  December  7,  Lenna  D.  Swinerton  passed  away  in 
her  eighty-third  year.  ^Nliss  Swinerton  was  for  many  years  physio- 
therapist of  the  school,  and  one  of  the  first  blind  persons  to  succeed 
in  that  field.  She  was  retired  in  1933.  ]Mrs.  Cora  L.  Gleason  died  on 
June  17,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five.   Fondly  known  by  many  Perkins 

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pupils  as  "Mother  B,"  she  was  first  house  mother,  and  later  home- 
visitor.  Mrs.  Martha  F.  Smith,  teacher  of  the  fourth  grade,  died  on 
July  17.  Mrs.  Smith  was  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Class  following 
her  graduation  from  Smith  College  in  1938,  and  with  the  exception  of 
one  year  which  she  and  Mr.  Smith  spent  at  the  Washington  State 
School,  of  which  Mr.  Smith  is  a  graduate,  she  had  taught  in  the 
Lower  School,  where  she  had  become  one  of  our  most  valued  teachers. 
Mary  Ellen  Pike,  seven  years  old,  died  ot  carcinoma  at  the  Holy  Ghost 
Hospital  in  Cambridge  on  June  16. 

As  this  report  began  by  referring  to  a  change  in  officers,  at  the 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation  held  November  5,  1945,  as  an 
unusual  event,  the  fact  that  two  new  officers  were  elected  at  the 
meeting  held  November  4,  1946,  may  justify  trespassing  far  enough 
into  the  new  year  to  make  mention  of  them,  and  their  retLring  pred- 
ecessors. While  these  changes  are  reported  in  the  Synopsis  of  the 
Proceedings  of  the  Annual  Meeting  printed  on  pages  13  and  14,  the 
Director  wishes  to  include  in  this  report  his  very  great  appreciation 
of  the  services  and  the  cooperation  of  the  two  men  who  have  relin- 
quished their  offices.  Mr.  G.  Peabody  Gardner  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Trustees  since  1922,  and  Vice-President  since  1930.  Always  alert 
to  the  interests  of  the  institution  and  ready  to  help,  he  made  the 
office  of  Vice-President  more  than  the  occasional  function  that  this 
office  often  assumes.  To  the  high  tribute  paid  at  the  Corporation 
Meeting,  and  reported  in  its  proceedings,  the  Director  wishes  to  add 
his  special  appreciation  of  the  services  and  friendship  of  Mr.  Hallo- 
well,  the  retiring  President.  His  presidency  exceeds  the  Director's 
term  of  service  by  a  little  more  than  a  year.  During  that  year  his 
chief  activity  was  to  find  a  successor  to  Dr.  Allen.  During  these 
fifteen  years,  Mr.  Hallowell  has  been  more  than  generous  in  his 
interest,  his  constant  contact  with  the  school,  and  the  intimacy  with 
its  personnel  that  he  took  time  to  develop.  There  is  some  compensa- 
tion in  the  fact  that  he  will  continue  to  serve  as  a  Trustee. 

New  President  and  Vice-President 
The  Director  wishes  also,  at  this  time,  to  express  his  appreciation 
of  the  election  of  Dr.  Reginald  Fitz  as  President,  and  Mr.  Ralph 
Lowell  as  Vice-President  of  the  Corporation.  Both  have  been  associ- 
ated with  Perkins  for  some  time,  are  intimate  with  its  problems,  and  are 
men  to  whom  the  Director  can  turn  for  help  and  guidance.  The  fresh 
outlook  of  these  two  new  officers,  supplemented  by  Mr.  Chase's  year  of 
experience,  assures  Perkins  of  strong  leadership  in  the  years  to  come. 

Gabriel  Farrell,  Director. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH 


OPHTHALMOLOGIST'S  REPORT 

During  the  year  fifty-two  new  children  were  examined.  Dr. 
Hugo  B.  C.  Reimer,  who  so  kindly  relieved  me  during  the  war, 
started  the  year  and  carried  on  until  I  was  released  from  active  duty 
in  the  Armed  Forces  on  January  18,  1946.  The  following  is  a  classi- 
fication of  the  causes  of  blindness  found  in  these  children. 


Eyeball: 

Congenital  aniridia  and  glaucoma . . 

Infantile  glaucoma 

Refractive  Ebrors: 

Myopia 

Structural  Anomalies: 

Albinism 

Buphthalmos 

Retrolental  fibroplasia    

Degenerative  Changes 

Phthisis  bulbi 

Bilateral  pemphigus 

Familial  cerebro  macular 

degeneration 

Cornea: 

Leucoma 

Nebulous  opacity  of  cornea 


Crystalline  Lens: 

Cataract 5 

Aphakia 1 

Iris: 

Iritis 3 

Choroid  and  Retina  : 

Chorioretinitis 2 

Retinitis  pigmentosa 4 

Pigmentary  degeneration  of  retina       1 

Optic  Nerve: 

Optic  nerve  atrophy 6 

Miscellaneous  and  Ill-defined: 

Amblyopia 5 

Sympathetic  ophthalmia  due  to 

injury 1 

Ophthalmia  neonatorum 2 

Total 5^ 


One  hundred  and  seven  visits  were  made  to  the  Eye  Clinic  at 
the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  and  of  these,  thirty  were 
examined  for  glasses.  Since  April  my  associate.  Dr.  Joseph  M. 
Clough,  has  come  to  the  School  to  do  refractions  rather  than  have 
them  make  a  special  trip  to  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary. 
A  total  of  fifty-four  children  were  refracted  at  the  School  during  the 
school  year.  Thirty-six  pairs  of  new  glasses  were  obtained  and  many 
were  repaired.  Fourteen  prostheses  were  purchased. 

The  following  operations  have  been  performed: 


Discissions 

Linear  extractions . 


Needlings.  . 
Iridotomies . 


The  following  conditions  have  been  treated  at  the  Massachusetts 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary: 

Comical  cornea 1 

Laceration  of  eyelid 1 

Arrangements  have  been  made  for  three  eye  operations  this, 
sunmaer. 

Trygve  Gundersen,  M.D. 


Control  of  hemorrhage,  OS 1 

Penicillin  treatment 1 


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NURSE'S  REPORT 


The  following  is  the  report  of  the  Medical  Department  at 
Perkins  Institution  for  the  year  1945-1946. 


Operations : 

Appendectomies 4 

Herniorrhaphy 1 

Bilateral  curetage  of  necrotic  bone 
in  bilateral  osteochandritis  dissi- 

cans  of  knees 1 

Removal  of  ear  tumors 2 

Circumcision 1 

Tonsillectomy 1 

Paracentesis 1 

X-rays  taken  at  Massachusetts  Gen- 
eral Hospital 37 

Fractures : 

Great  toe 1 

Fourth  metacarpal 1 

Tibia 1 

Communicable  diseases 

Measles 5 

Whooping  cough 1 


Chest  X-rays  taken  by  Public  Health 
tuberculosis  clinic.  All  new 
children.  Staff  and  household 
help.  All  boys  who  had  not  been 
X-rayed  in  three  years. 
Middlesex  Sanatorium 4 

Widal  tests  on  all  new  kitchen  help 

Schick  tests 48 

Immunization 29 

Dick  tests 58 

Immunization 36 

Wassermans 32 

Electrocardiograms  done  at  Massa- 
chusetts General  Hospital 5 

Electroencephalograms  done  at  Mass- 
achusetts General  Hospital 3 

Hearing  aids  purchased 3 

Audiograms  and  hearing  tests  done  at 

Massachusetts  General  Hospital     11 

Gastro  intestinal  series 1 


Admissions  to  the  hospitals  for  causes  other  than  operations. 


Massachusetts  General  Hospital: 
Penicillin  treatment  for  congenital 

lues 2 

Traction  of  right  leg 1 

Pylonephritis 1 

Nose  bleed 1 

Gastric  lavage 1 

Blood  studies  following  appendec- 
tomy    1 


Boston  Psychopathic  Hospital 

Penicillin  treatment  for  congenital 
lues 1 

Haynes  Memorial  Hospital 

Measles 2 


Holy  Ghost  Hospital 
Carcinoma 


This  year  Dr.  Abbott,  a  neurologist  from  the  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital,  came  out  to  Perkins  to  examine  eight  of  the 
children  with  neurological  problems. 

Every  child  in  the  Upper  School  went  to  Forsyth  Dental  Clinic 
for  prophylactic  treatments. 

Every  child  in  Lower  School  had  prophylactic  treatment  done 
by  a  representative  from  Tufts  Dental  School  as  a  part  of  a  project 
to  determine  the  value  of  various  methods  of  using  sodium  fluonne 
in  the  control  of  tooth  decay. 


The  Federal  Government  Public  Health  Service  did  a  urinalysis 
for  sugar  and  a  blood  sugar  on  every  student,  and  on  every  member 
of  the  staff  who  is  blind  or  partially  sighted,  in  an  attempt  to  make 
the  public  as  aware  of  diabetes  as  it  is  of  cancer  and  tuberculosis. 

The  medical  department  has  had  a  satisfactory  year  with  very 
little  contagion.  We  have  had  one  death:  Mary  Ellen  Pike  died  of 
carcinoma  at  the  Holy  Ghost  Hospital  on  June  16. 

One  hundred  twenty-one  clinic  visits  have  been  made  to  the 
various  medical  clinics  at  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital. 

During  the  first  part  of  the  year  Dr.  Kinsey  looked  after  the 
medical  needs  of  the  children.  Due  to  illness  in  the  early  spring  she 
was  forced  to  turn  her  work  at  Perkins  over  to  Dr.  Victor  G.  Balboni. 

Marjorib  Potter,  R.N. 


PHYSICAL  THERAPY  DEPARTMENT 

The  aim  of  the  Physical  Therapy  Department  is  to  meet  the 
specific  needs  of  the  orthopedic  cases  and  to  improve  the  posture 
and  general  physical  condition  of  the  pupils.  This  is  accomplished 
through  corrective  exercises,  ultra-violet  treatments,  infra-red  treat- 
ments, and  massages.  Forty-one  pupils  had  regularly  scheduled 
corrective  exercise  periods  throughout  the  year.  All  the  pupils  received 
two  ultra-violet  treatments  a  week  during  the  year.  One  of  the 
Harvard  students  gave  the  ultra-violet  treatments  to  the  Upper 
School  boys.  In  the  fall  Dr.  Frank  R.  Ober,  Orthopedic  Surgeon, 
examined  122  pupils.  During  the  year  thirty-seven  Orthopedic 
Clinic  appointments  were  made  at  the  Massachusetts  General 
Hospital.  Six  pupils  received  arch  supports  this  year.  One  pupil 
was  fitted  to  an  orthopedic  brace. 

Summary  of  year's  work: 

Total  ultra-violet  treatments 7034       Total  infra-red  treatments 372 

Total  mechanotherapy  treatments     1801       Total  of  massages 165 

Shirlie  L.  Smith,  R.P.T.T. 


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DENTIST'S  REPORT,  UPPER  SCHOOL 

The  following  is  the  report  of  dental  operations  performed  for 
the  pupils  of  the  Upper  School  for  the  year  1945-1946: 

Amalgam  fillings 195  Tissue  treatments 32 

Cement  fillings 124  X-rays 22 

Synthetic  porcelain  fillings 15  Extractions  —  nitrous  oxide 3 

Zinc  oxide  and  eugenol  fillings 17  Extractions  —  novocaine 26 

Prophylactic  treatments 34  Surgical  removal  of  teeth 4 

Silver  nitrate  treatments 18 

Thorough  prophylactic  treatments  of  the  Upper  School  were 
done  by  Forsyth  Dental  Infirmary. 

George  E.  Crowell,  D.M.D. 


DENTIST'S  REPORT,  LOWER  SCHOOL 

During  the  school  year  ending  June  1946,  the  following  dental 
work  was  performed  for  the  pupils  attending  the  Kindergarten  for 
the  Blind. 

AUoy  fillings 337  Silver  nitrate  treatments 153 

Cement  fillings 15  Temporary  teeth  extracted 15 

Cement  and  alloy  fillings 6  Permanent  teeth  extracted 2 

Synthetic  porcelain  fillings 11  Upper  School  emergencies 4 

Prophylactic  treatments 137  Number  of  pupils  completed 124 

Nmnber  of  teeth  devitalized 5  Number  of  new  pupils  completed ...  33 

Number  of  treatments  for  above ..  .  20  Total  number  of  pupils  treated.  .. .  128 

Miscellaneous  treatments 50 

This  year  we  had  the  assistance  of  a  dental  hygienist  in  connec- 
tion with  a  research  investigation  in  regard  to  the  arrest  of  dental  caries 
by  the  use  of  fluorine.  Dr.  Basil  G.  Bibby,  Dean  of  Tufts  College 
Dental  School,  is  conducting  the  research  and  furnished  the  hygienist. 
The  investigation  has  not  progressed  far  enough  at  this  time  to  make 
3.  definite  report,  but  we  are  expecting  some  interesting  results. 

Reinhold  Rublberg,  D.M.D. 


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I 


WORKSHOP  FOR  ADULTS 

WE  RECEIVED  more  than  the  usual  number  of  mattresses  and 
pillows  for  renovation  and  our  workers  were  paid  more  wages 
than  in  any  previous  year.  The  problem  of  obtaining  ticking  for 
mattress  coverings  was  our  principal  worry.  We  managed  to  supply 
all  our  customers  but  sometimes  we  wondered  when  and  where  we 
would  get  ticking.  Fortunately,  one  very  good  friend,  the  president 
of  the  Rose-Derry  Company,  one  of  the  largest  mattress  manu- 
facturers in  this  country,  came  to  our  rescue  and  let  us  have  a  bale 
of  ticking;  he  also  interested  a  number  of  other  mattress  companies, 
six  in  all,  who  each  sold  us  a  considerable  quantity  of  ticking  at  cost, 
over  3,600  yards,  which  enabled  us  to  carry  on.  This  was  a  most 
friendly  gesture  on  the  part  of  these  companies  and  our  workers  were 
very  grateful  for  their  timely  aid. 

The  demand  for  slates,  games  and  other  articles  made  by  the 
Howe  Memorial  Press  continued  unabated  the  entire  year.  More 
printed  pages  were  turned  out  than  usual,  the  largest  item  being  for 
2,000  Braille  Calendars  for  the  John  Milton  Society. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  work  done  and  wages  paid 
in  the  Workshop  Department  during  the  fiscal  years  1945  and  1946: 

1H5  1H6 

Mattresses  received  from  institiitions,  etc 2,348  2,428 

Mattresses  received  from  individuals 1,864  2,158 

Total  mattresses  received 4,212  4,586 


Mattresses  received  through  the  Division  of  the  Blind 1,445  1,648 

New  horsehair  sold,  pounds 5,100  5,800 

Customers'  hair  received,  pounds 145,167  157,927 

Mattresses  remade 4,236  4,495 

Chairs  recaned 1,487  931 

Wages  paid  to  seamstresses $  2,562.30  $  2,989.81 

Wages  paid  to  mattressmakers 12,291.80  13,106.88 

Wages  paid  to  chaircaners 3,292.48  3,558.54 

Total  wages  to  blind  workers $18,146.58  $19,655.23 

•Bales  for  the  year $51,837.31  $57,460.02 

Frank  C.  Bryan 


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HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS 

Work  Account  for  the  Year  ENDESfG  August  31,  1946 

Literature  Pages  Embossed: 

Upper  School,  books,  periodicals,  etc 1,927 

Kindergarten,  books 156 

Library  of  Congress,  6  books  in  13  volumes 2,296 

Music  Pages  Embossed: 

Upper  School,  18  songs,  8  choruses,  and  book  of  Christmas 

Carols 357 

Kindergarten,  7  piano  pieces 20 

4,756 

Printing: 

Literature  pages 353,174 

Music  pages 62,113 

Miscellaneous 196,745 

612,032 


Appliances  and  Games 


Made 
this  year 


Distributed 
this  year 


Total 
1907  to  1946 


Pocket  slates 2,558 

Desk  slates 1,220 

Playing  card  slates 243 

Styluses 5,880 

Erasers 10,150 

Perkins  shorthand  braillewriters 

Fiber  writing  cards 1,801 

Clark  writing  grills 250 

Aluminum  alphabets 100 

Signature  guides 297 

Geometry  instruments 401 

Pegboards 200 

Thermometers 100 

Games : 

Checkers 1,016 

Dominoes 650 

Puzzle-Peg 600 

Anagrams 53 

Chess 8 

Chinese  checkers 750 

Playing  cards,  packs 529 


2,288 

30,660 

1,228 

34,445 

308 

928 

5,429 

147,002 

675 

9,708 

3 

89 

2,361 

25,591 

518 

1,270 

45 

2,308 

309 

1,524 

322 

1,953 

129 

1,435 

56 

741 

629 

6,705 

636 

4,735 

95 

979 

60 

279 

9 

148 

485 

775 

511 

3,444 

Frank  C.  Bryan 


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LIST  OF  PUPILS 


Upper  School  Boys 


Almond,  Donald,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Appleby,  J.  Albert,  Amcsbury,  Mass. 
Arsnow,  George,  FaU  River,  Mass. 
Berrouard,  Richard,  Chicoppe  Falls,  Mass. 
Bertrand,  Norman,  Southbridge,  Mass. 
Boyd,  Vernon,  Lynn,  Mass. 
Broadbent,  Samuel,  Rumford,  R.  I. 
Byrnes,  James,  Hackensack,  N.  J. 
Cahoon,  John,  Westerly,  R.  I. 
Cavallo,  James  A.,  West  Newton,  Mass. 
Clarke,  Richard,  Royalston,  Mass. 
Conley,  Paul,  East  Dedham,  Mass. 
Conroy,  John,  North  Bergen,  N.  J. 
Cordeau,  Francis,  Somerville,  Mass. 
Crabb,  Hubert,  Houlton,  Maine 
Crocker,  Albert,  Howland,  Maine 
Curtis,  Harold,  Belfast,  Maine 
Devine,  James,  Boston,  Mass. 
Devino,  Francis,  Brandon,  Vt. 
DeWitt,  John,  Northampton,  Mass. 
Dostie,  Robert,  Auburn,  Maine 
Eaton,  Richard,  Watertown,  Mass. 
Evensen,  Richard,  Roslindale,  Mass. 
Faragi,  John,  Saugus,  Mass. 
Feener,  Walter,  Gloucester,  Mass. 
Finnerty,  Joseph,  East  Braintree,  Mass. 
Flynn,  John  T.,  Bangor,  Maine 
Fortes,  Andrew,  Harwich,  Mass. 
Fournier,  Arthur,  Lowell,  Mass. 
Higgins,  William,  Wilder,  Vt. 
Johansen,  Nils,  Watertown,  Mass. 


Kachadoorian,  Gregory,  Arlington,  Mass. 
Kamis,  Richard,  Mattapan,  Mass. 
Keefe,  Lawrence,  Woonaocket,  R.  I. 
Kiwior,  Bronislaw,  Ludlow,  Mass. 
Little,  Hollis,  Concord,  N.  H. 
Lopresti,  Joseph,  Chelsea,  Mass. 
McKenne,  Thomas,  Watertown,  Mass. 
McNally,  Robert,  East  Providence,  R.  L 
Moriarty,  Edward,  Arlington,  Mass. 
Moseley,  Edward,  Marblehead,  Mass. 
Newton,  Robert,  Brockton,  Mass. 
Ordonez,  Eduardo,  Mexico 
Paoloni,  Raymond,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Pereira,  Arthur,  Mattapoisett,  Mass. 
Peterson,  Edmund,  Allston,  Mass. 
Phelps,  Robeit,  Danbury,  N.  H 
Piela,  Joseph,  Chicopee,  Mass. 
Pushard,  Linwood,  Richmond,  Maine 
Rempel,  Evan,  Button,  Mont. 
Rogers,  Stephen,  Medford,  Mass. 
Roy,  Edward,  Arlington,  Mass. 
Salazar,  Joe,  Sante  Fe,  N.  Mex. 
Salvatti,  Anthony,  Cranston,  R.  L 
Sardo,  Anton,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Savage,  Charles,  Machias,  Maine 
Skinner,  Gardner,  Danvers,  Mass. 
Surette,  Howard,  Boston,  Mass. 
Turbide,  Paul,  Rumford,  Maine 
Walton,  Everett,  Saco,  Maine 
White,  Paul,  Somerville,  Mass. 


Upper  School  Girls 


Accorsi,  Elizabeth,  Franklin,  Mass. 
Alves,  Anita,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Appleby,  Dorothy,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Baker,  Frances,  Springfield,  Vt. 
Banda,  Theresa,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Barber,  Dorothy,  Taunton,  Mass. 
Berarducci,  Joan,  Providence,  R.  I 
Blakely,  Priscilla,  Medford,  Mass. 
Blanchette,  Esther,  Holyoke,  Mass. 
Bourdon,  Natalie,  Wollaston,  Mass. 
Bryant,  Jeanne,  Allston,  Mass. 
Bull,  Mary  Ethel,  Savannah,  Ga. 
Cayo,  Irene,  Lewiston,  Maine 
Cordeau,  Mary  Helen,  Somerville,  Mass. 
Corkum,  Jacqueline,  Boston,  Mass. 
Daniels,  Tina  Lou,  Spanish  Fork,  Utah 
JDauphinee,  Marice,  Hampden,  Maine 
)elorey,  Elizabeth,  Woburn,  Mass. 
Drake,  Marylizabeth,  Amherst,  Mass. 
Drinkwine,  Marjorie,  Winstead,  Conn. 
Farrar,  Norma,  Winchester,  Mass. 
Faucette,  Nancy,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Gaudreau,  Lorraine,  Claremont,  N.  H. 
Gonzales,  Rosita,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Greenlaw,  Dorothy,  Auburn,  Maine 
Hearn,  Kathryn,  Hogansville,  Ga. 


lEll,  Gloria,  Windsor,  Vermont 
Kenney,  Jeanne,  Dorchester,  Mass. 
Lally,  Margaret,  Brighton,  Mass. 
Landi,  Elena,  Providence,  R.  L 
Lifton,  Ethel  Anne,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
MacDonald,  Hope,  Braintree,  Mass. 
Marcil,  Sylvia,  Chicopee,  Mass. 
Marrama,  Josephine,  Roslindale,  Mass! 
Mcintosh,  Marjorie,  Bedford,  Mass. 
Miscio,  Rose,  Washington,  Penn. 
Noto,  Rose,  East  Paterson,  N.  J. 
Patch,  Joyc,  Perkinsville,  Vt. 
Pevear,  Louella,  Hampton,  N.  H. 
Poole,  Jeanne,  Bloomfield,  N.  J. 
Porcaro,  Helen,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Porcaro,  Marcelline,  Providence,  R.  L 
Roode,  Marilyn,  Nashua,  N.  H. 
Rothermel,  Lillian,  Providence,  R.  1. 
Ryan,  Judith,  Roslindale,  Mass. 
Shimokawa,  Hideko,  Hawaii 
Sim,  Jane,  Peabody,  Mass. 
Taylor,  Louise,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 
Whitney,  Barbara,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Wright,  Louise,  Pittsfield,  Maine 
Younger,  Lorraine,  Roxbury,  Mass. 


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Deaf-Blind  Department 


Brown,  James,  Hattiesburg,  liSss. 
Casella,  Grace,  Waitham,  Mass. 
Champ,  James,  Virgil,  Kan. 
DeLeat,  Myrtle,  Wausaukee,  Wis. 
Dowdy,  Leonard,  Sedalia,  Mo. 
Gonyea,  Janice,  Dalton,  Mass. 


Mansfield,  Pauline,  Seattle,  Wash. 
Morgan,  Juanita,  Nothrop,  Col. 
Norris,  Perry,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
Otero,  Carmela,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Shipman,  Gloria,  Cape  Giraudeau,  Mo. 


Lower  School  Boys 


Addy,  Allan  R.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 
Albee,  Carl,  Machias,  Maine 
Appleby,  Daniel,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Ashby,  Dallas,  Charlotte,  Maine 
Baggett,  Lawrence,  Boston,  Mass. 
Banda,  Richard,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Bellantoni,  Joseph,  Belmont,  Mass. 
Blake,  George,  Rochester,  N.  H. 
Bourgoinc,  Arthur,  Brunswick,  Maine 
Cheever,  David,  Millis,  Mass. 
Coy,  Erwin,  Durham,  Maine 
Davis,  Arthur,  Bath,  Maine 
Delphia,  Francis,  Fitchburg,  Mass. 
Dufify,  Thomas,  Amherst,  Mass. 
Fermino,  Robert,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Fournier,  Raymond,  Lowell,  Mass. 
Gasper,  Alfred,  Taunton,  Mass. 
Germano,  Manuel,  Bristol,  R.  L 
Gosselin,  Louis  A.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Hawthorne,  John,  Amherst,  Mass. 
Holden,  David,  Boston,  Mass. 
Horigan,  Robert,  Mattapan,  Mass. 
Irwin,  Gordon,  Watertown,  Mass. 
Johnson,  Scott,  Templeton,  Mass. 
Johnson,  Stephen,  West  Lebanon,  N.  H. 
Kagan,  Stanley,  Chicopee,  Mass. 
Leh,  George,  Greenfield,  Mass. 
Leotta,  Louis,  Revere,  Mass. 
Libby,  Alvah,  Lincoln,  Maine 
Little,  Donald,  Concord,  N.  H. 
Little,  Tim,  Houston,  Texas 
Lunden,  Paul,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
Lynch,  John,  Boston,  Mass. 
Mahoney,  John,  North  Andover,  Mass. 
McCafferty,  Hugh,  Mexico,  Maine 
McDonald,  Francis,  Sharon,  Mass. 
McLaughlin,  George,  Wilmington,  Mass. 
Melican,  Walter,  Watertown,  Mass. 


Moore,  Norman,  Randolph,  Vt. 
Morse,  Stanley,  Boston,  Mass. 
Murray,  Russell,  Woburn,  Mass. 
Nicholas,  Oliver,  Lewiston,  Maine 
Nunes,  Ronald,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Osborn,  James,  England 
Pacheco,  Francis,  Fall  River,  Mass. 
Pacheco,  Joseph,  Somerset,  Mass. 
Paradise,  Maurice,  Nashua,  N.  H. 
Perry,  Albert,  Hillsgrove,  R.  I. 
Phifer,  George,  Fall  River,  Mass. 
Piraino,  James,  Gloucester,  Mass. 
Potter,  Bernard,  South  Lubec,  Maine 
Randall,  Roger,  Brockton,  Mass. 
Rathbun,  Robert,  West  Medford,  Mass. 
Raymond,  Carl,  Fairfax,  Vt. 
Reynolds,  Carl,  Westford,  Vt. 
Richards,  John,  Farmington,  Maine 
Richards,  Paul,  Dover,  N.  H. 
Roflfo,  Daniel,  Quincy,  Mass. 
Roy,  Laurent,  Woonsocket,  R.  I. 
Sargent,  Richard,  Windsor,  Vt. 
Silveria,  Joseph,  Newport,  R.  I. 
Smith,  Charles,  Medford,  Mass. 
Snow,  Charles,  Haverhill,  Mass. 
Snyder,  Edward,  Three  Rivers,  Mass. 
Stevens,  John,  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 
Towle,  James,  Walpole,  Mass. 
Tripp,  Raymond,  West  Yarmouth,  Mass. 
Turner,  Robert,  Burlington,  Vt. 
Vasapolli,  Joseph,  Woburn,  Mass. 
Vella,  Louis,  South  Boston,  Mass. 
Walsh,  William,  Hopkinton,  Mass. 
Weixler,  Donald,  Quincy,  Mass. 
Wenning,  Harold,  Worcester,  Mass. 
White,  Lloyd,  Rochester,  N.  H. 
Young,  Robert,  West  Paris,  Maine 


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Lower  School  Girls 


Accorsi,  Rachel,  Franklin,  Mass. 
Baker,  Amelia,  Grand  Isle,  Vt. 
Bleakney,  Brenda,  Oak  Bluffs,  Mass. 
Boyd,  Janet,  Chelmsford,  Mass. 
Boyle,  Maureen,  Dracut,  Mass. 
Brown,  Beverly  Ann,  Woburn,  Mass. 
Clary,  Janet,  Laurens,  S.  C. 
Daigneault,  Aline,  North  Adams,  Mass, 
DeAngelis,  Dorothy,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Doustou,  Bernadette,  Fort  Kent,  Maine 
Dowling,  Patricia,  Lawrence,  Mass. 
Doyen,  Marjorie,  Bethel,  Maine 
Driben,  Joyce,  Dorchester,  Mass. 
Dunlap,  Elizabeth,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Finan,  Irene,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Forrest,  Maureen,  Chicopee,  Mass. 
Francis,  Mary  Ann,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Frank,  Patricia,  Nashua,  N.  H 
Gauquier,  Ellen,  Kingston,  Mass. 
Gerdes,  Helen,  Portland,  Maine 
Glines,  Joan,  Twin  Mountain,  N.  H. 
Halekas,  Joyce,  Roxbury,  Mass. 
Johnson,  Lillian,  Everett,  Mass. 
Lareau,  Mary  Ann,  Worcester,  Mass. 
LeBlanc,  Joan,  Framingham,  Mass. 
Leonard,  Ann  Marie,  Maiden,  Mass. 
Libby,  Virginia,  Lincoln,  Maine 
Matthews,  Lucy,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


McAuliffe,  Barbara,  Roxbury,  Mass. 
McClure,  Ann  Marie,  Augusta,  Maine 
McLaughlin,  Rita,  Wilmington,  Mass. 
McNulty,  Rosalind,  Dorchester,  Mass. 
Mercey,  Cynthia,  Jeffersonville,  Vt. 
Merrill,  Nancie,  Dover,  N.  H. 
Nerney,  Carol,  North  Attleboro,  Mass. 
Nichols,  Barbara,  Essex  Center,  Vt. 
Noddin,  Sandra,  Groton,  Mass. 
Nyland,  CoUette,  Beverly,  Mass. 
O'Donnell,  Patricia,  Salem,  Mass. 
Olson,  Gloria,  Augusta,  Maine 
Pacheco,  Priscilla,  Somerset,  Mass. 
Pelkey,  Joyce,  Bangor,  Maine 
Phifer,  Joy,  Fall  River,  Mass. 
Pinkham,  Paula,  Maiden,  Mass. 
PoUselli,  Anna,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Porter,  Virginia,  Lubec,  Maine 
Raycraft,  Ann  Marie,  Dover,  N.  H. 
Reed,  Anita,  Dover,  N.  H. 
Russell,  Patricia,  Roxbury,  Mass. 
Schmidt,  Alice  Karen,  Webster,  Mass. 
Silvia,  Barbara,  Taunton,  Mass. 
Stevens,  Thelma,  Sherborn,  Mass. 
Thorsen,  Sylvia,  Lynn,  Mass. 
Tripp,  Judith,  West  Yarmouth,  Mass. 
Wattrick,  Barbara,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Wells,  Marion,  Farmington,  N.  H. 


Enrollment  by  States  —  October  1,  1946 


State 

Upper 

School 

Lo'xer 

School 

Deaf-Blind 

Tota 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

Massachusetts 

37 

26 

43 

34 

2 

142 

Maine 

9 

4 

11 

8 

32 

New  Hampshire 

2 

3 

7 

6 

18 

Vermont 

2 

3 

6 

3 

14 

Rhode  Island 

6 

5 

6 

3 

20 

New  Jersey 

2 

3 

1 

6 

Other  States 

3 

7 

2 

2 

4 

4 

22 

Totals 


61 


51 


75 


56 


254 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

I.  Acknowledgments  for  Concerts,  Recitals,  and  Dramatics 

To  Miss  Selma  Ltjdwig  for  two  tickets  to  a  piano  recital;  to  Mrs.  Felicia 
KuTTEN  for  two  tickets  to  Alexander  Borovsky's  recital;  to  First  National  Bank 
for  tickets  to  Sunday  afternoon  concerts  throughout  the  season;  to  Catholic  Guild 
FOR  THE  Blind  for  thirty-three  tickets  to  Guild  Choristers  Concert  in  Jordan  Hall; 
to  Junior  League  of  Boston  for  invitations  to  attend  their  performance  of  "Rumpel- 
stiltskin";  to  Miss  Deborah  Kimball  for  tickets  to  concerts. 

II.   Acknowledgments  for  Talks  and  Concerts  in  Our  Hall 

To  Miss  Alice  M.  Carpenter,  Miss  Gatati  Devi,  Mrs.  Winifred  H.  Hath- 
away, National  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Blindness,  Miss  Alfrieda  Mosher, 
Madame  G.  Pisart,  Dr.  Edward  E.  Allen,  Francis  M.  Andrews,  Dan  Hunting- 
ton Fenn,  Jr.,  Rev.  John  Fitzsimmons,  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  James  H.  Kent, 
Dr.  Walter  Kallenback,  Christopher  Legg,  Matthew  Di  Martino,  William 
McGreal,  Henry  Richards,  Rt.  Rev.  William  T.  Roberts,  Sgt.  Harold  Russell, 
Captain  Steptoe,  for  talks  at  Upper  School  Assembly. 

To  Miss  Ruth  Haydbn,  author  of  "Erma  at  Perkins,"  Miss  Ethel  Parker, 
Home  Teacher,  Mrs.  Eunice  W.  Wilson  of  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary, 
Dr.  Edward  E.  Allen,  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  Dr.  Hugo  B.  C.  Riemer,  Arthur  F. 
Sullivan,  for  lectures  to  the  Harvard  Class. 

To  Mrs.  Edgar  W.  Anderson  for  speaking  to  the  Staff. 

To  Mr.  Alexander  Houston,  Water  Safety  Instructor  of  the  Red  Cross,  for 
swimming  lessons  to  pupils. 

To  Miss  Mary  Munn  of  Toronto  for  piano  recital  for  students. 

To  Miss  Ruth  Cox  for  reading  poems  and  Christmas  story  at  Lower  School 
Assembly. 

To  the  Officers  and  Men  of  U.S.S.  Wasp  for  party  given  the  entire  school 
aboard  the  Aircraft  Carrier. 

To  the  clergy  of  Watertown  for  assembly  talks  during  the  Lenten  Season. 

•    To  the  patriotic  organizations  of  Watertown  for  exercises  in  commemoration  of 
Memorial  Day. 

To  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind  and  to  the  Protestant  Guild  for  the  Blind  for 
religious  instruction. 

III.   Acknowledgments  for  Books  and  Periodicals 

Embossed  Periodicals  —  All  Story  Braille  Magazine,  Arkansas  Braille  News, 
Braille  Courier,  Braille  Book  Review,  Braille  Star  Theophist,  Campus  News,  Catholic 
Digest,  Catholic  Messenger,  Catholic  Review,  Children's  Friend,  Christian  Record, 
Christian  Science  Bible  Lessons,  Church  Herald  for  the  Blind,  Discovery,  The  Evangel, 

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Forward  Day  by  Day,  Herald  of  Christian  Science,  Home  Teacher,  Illinois  Braille 
Messenger,  The  Illuminator,  Indiana  Recorder,  International  Braille  Magazine, 
Jewish  Braille  Review,  John  Milton  Magazine,  Junior  Evangel,  Kentucky  Colonel, 
Lions  Juvenile  Braille  Monthly,  Lutheran  Messenger  for  the  Blind,  Lux  Vera,  Mary- 
land Oriole,  Matilda  Ziegler  Magazine,  Messenger  of  the  Sightless,  Ohio  Ray,  Our 
Special,  Red  and  White,  Reader's  Digest,  School  Journal,  The  Searchhght,  Texas 
Meteor,  Unity  DaUy  Work,  Weekly  News,  Wee  Wisdom. 

Ink  Print  Periodicals  —  Alabama  Messenger,  Arizona  Cactus,  Colorado  Index, 
Dawn,  Desde  las  Sombras,  Du  Pont  Magazine,  Light,  Los  Ciegos,  Luces,  Maryland 
Oriole,  Ohio  Ray,  Optimist,  Our  Dumb  Animals,  Red  and  White,  Rocky  Mountain 
Leader,  Royer-Greaves  Monthly,  St.  Dunstan's  Review,  The  Seer,  Utah  Eagle,  Vir- 
ginia Guide,  Welfare  Bulletin,  West  Virginia  Tablet. 

To  Alice  E.  Aldrich,  Donna  Antonellis,  Josephine  S.  Bidwell,  Jessie 
DoANE,  Eleanor  Donahue,  Dorothea  A.  Dreux,  Nora  G.  Fairbank,  Ida  Feld- 
man,  Hermine  M.  Glasser,  Louise  R.  Hawkins,  Edith  A.  Hemingway,  Marjorie 
Hunt,  Madeliene  Jacobs,  Edna  M.  Kelly,  Helen  E.  Mahoney,  Anne  N.  Olm- 
sted, Leona  S.  Rennie,  Caroline  Sever,  Emma  A.  Spencer,  and  Rose  Weinberg 
for  hand-transcribed  books  for  the  lower  school. 

To  Baha-I  Services  for  the  Blind,  Mrs.  Gayatri  Deui,  Robert  Pried,  Dr. 
A.  C.  Groth,  Hadley  Correspondence  School,  Rudolf  Steiner  Braille  Asso- 
ciation for  embossed  books. 

To  Allyn  &  Bacon,  American  Petroleum  Company,  Charles  E.  Buell, 
Cleveland  Society  for  the  Blind,  Rev.  John  J.  Connolly,  Ruth  Da  vies,  General 
Motors  Company,  B.  F.  Goodrich  Company,  Mary  B.  Knowlton,  Carl  H.  Kopf, 
National  Foremen's  Institute,  Reader's  Digest  Program  Service,  Carl  L. 
Sponholtz,  and  Florence  J.  Worth  for  ink  print  books. 

To  the  American  Printing  House  for  the  Blind,  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and 
its  patrons  for  talking  book  copies  of  the  Reader's  Digest. 

National  Braille  Press,  Boston;  Orange  and  Maplewood,  New  Jersey, 
Chapters,  Southeastern  Pennsylvania  Chapter  and  New  York  Chapter, 
American  Red  Cross  for  binding  many  copies  of  hand-transcribed  books, 

IV.   Acknowledgments  of  Gifts 

To  the  Daughters  of  Vermont  for  Christmas  gifts  to  the  children  from  Vermont; 
to  the  Shawmut  Lodge  for  gift  of  toys  to  children  in  the  Lower  School  for  Christmas; 
to  Mrs.  Pauline  M.  Humphreys  of  Newport  News,  Virginia,  for  Christmas  gifts  to 
Bernadette  Doustou  and  Jimmy  Osborn;  to  the  Firnabank  Club  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Boston  for  Christmas  gifts  to  the  children. 

To  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind  for  many  material  gifts  of  clothing  during 
the  year  and  gifts  and  parties  at  Christmas. 

To  Miss  Jean  Miller  for  several  sleds. 

To  Mrs.  Frederick  C.  Hersee,  Mrs.  Justine  Kassells,  Miss  Keating,  Mrs. 
J.  A.  Johnson,  Dr.  W.  H.  Young,  Women's  Guild,  First  Parish  Church,  Belmont, 
and  Mr.  Bernard  J.  Rothwell,  for  gifts  of  money  to  be  used  at  Christmas. 

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To  the  Dean  Foundation  for  Little  Children,  for  a  gift  of  money  which  was 
used  for  unusual  medical  ejcpenses  and  material  needs  for  children  in  the  Lower  School. 

To  Mr.  David  Baird  for  money  during  the  year  for  material  help  to  various 
students  in  the  School. 

To  the  Boston  Committee  for  the  Blind  for  entertainment  and  money  for  boys 
to  go  to  camp. 

To  the  Lions  Clttb  for  making  it  possible  for  several  Boy  Scouts  to  attend  summer 
camp. 

To  the  KiwANis  Club  for  their  continued  direction  of  Camp  Allen. 

To  Mrs.  Anthony  Cavallo  and  Mr.  Eugene  Siskend  for  pianos. 

To  Miss  Clara  Louisa  Penny  for  silver  pitcher  and  tray  belonging  to  Miss 
Maria  Moulton;  to  Miss  Mary  Moulton  for  a  watch  belonging  to  Miss  Maria 
Moulton. 

To  Mr.  a.  L.  Parker  for  gift  of  money  to  the  Library. 

To  Mrs.  Frederic  D.  Lake,  Mrs.  Arthur  W.  Mudqe  and  Mr.  Abraham 
Rubin  for  gifts  of  money. 

To  Mr.  Moses  D.  Feldman  and  Mr.  Wythe  Walker  for  money  used  for  circus 
tickets. 

To  Mr.  Richard  S.  Wormer  for  a  gift  of  money  in  memory  of  his  wife. 

To  Mr.  F.  Marshall  Bean  for  gift  of  rocks,  minerals  and  fossils  for  use  in  the 
Museum. 

To  Mrs.  Grace  Warren  for  a  talking  book. 

To  Mrs.  J.  W.  Farley  for  a  mimeograph  machine. 

To  Mr.  Allen  Hempel,  President  of  Telex  Company,  for  an  amplifying  unit  for 
use  with  the  deaf-blind. 

To  Mrs.  Ida  M.  Rosier  for  flowers  in  the  name  of  Ole  H.  Dahl. 

To  Mrs.  William  L.  Curtis  for  feathers  from  feather  bed  and  pad. 

To  Mrs.  Robert  C.  Merriam  for  a  gold  wrist  watch  in  Braille. 

To  Mrs.  Clara  Belle  Schnieder  for  a  gift  of  money  to  be  used  for  trips  to  the 
beach  and  picnics  for  the  children. 

To  Mr.  Ross  for  seven  pairs  of  frames  for  glasses. 

To  Mrs.  Franklin  W.  Scott  for  Braille  books  and  writing  devices. 

To  Mrs.  H.  E.  Lewis  for  dominoes  with  raised  markings. 

To  Mr.  V.  C.  Sanford  for  a  pair  of  frosted  glasses. 


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STATEMENTS  OF  ACCOUNTS 


Boston,  Massachusetts 
October  18,  1946 
To  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
'Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind: 

I  have  audited  the  books  of  account  of  the  Institution  for  the  fiscal  year  ended 
August  31,  1946  and  found  that  all  income  from  investments  and  proceeds  from  sales 
of  securities  and  investment  real  estate  have  been  accounted  for,  and  that  the  donations 
and  miscellaneous  receipts,  as  shown  by  the  books,  have  been  deposited  in  bank  to  the 
credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Institution. 

I  have  vouched  all  disbursements  and  verified  the  bank  balances  at  the  close  of 
the  fiscal  year. 

All  securities,  as  shown  by  the  books,  were  properly  accounted  for  by  certification 
of  the  custodians. 

In  my  opinion  the  accompanying  statements,  covering  the  Institution,  Kinder- 
garten and  Howe  Memorial  Press  Fund,  present  fairly  their  financial  position  at 
August  31,  1946  and  the  results  from  operations  for  the  year  ended  that  date. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

John  Montgomery, 
Certified  Public  Accountant 


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INSTITUTION  DEPARTMENT 

Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1946 

Assets 
Plant: 

Real  Estate,  Watertown $    773,423.90 

Real  Estate,  South  Boston 91,000.00   $   864,423.90 

Equipment: 

Tools,  etc $        6,426.92 

Furniture  and  Household 10,982.42 

Music  Department 27,177.00 

Library  Department 129,552.27 

Works  Department 16,280.06        190,418.67 

Investments: 

Securities,  book  value $2,722,839.04 

Securities  —  Varnum  Fund,  book  value 192,260.78 

Mortgages  Receivable 1,050.00     2,916,149.82 

Inventory  of  provisions  and  supplies 8,898.73 

Accounts  Receivable 1,039.86 

Cash 135,313.44 

Total $4,116,244.42 


Liabilities 

General  Account $      70,277.10 

Funds  and  Legacies: 

General $2,608,333.68 

Permanent 636,121.77 

Special 301,228.29     3,545,683.74 

Unexpended  Income,  special  funds 18,956.78 

Accounts  Payable 8,365.75 

Vouchers  Payable 3,267.79 

Withholding  Tax 520.52 

Reserve  for  Deferred  Maintenance $      11,000.00 

Reserve  for  Depreciation  of  Buildings 455,178.14 

Reserve  for  Depreciation  of  Organs 2,994.60  469,172.74 

Total $4,116,244.42 


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Treasurer's  Condensed  Income  Accotjnt 

Year  Ended  August  31,  1946 

Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes $116,048.87 

Interest  from  special  funds 11,413.65 

Interest  and  dividends,  Varnum  Fund 10,660.62    $138,123.14 

Add:  Donations 600.00 

Annuities 571.16 

Tuition  and  board,  Massachusetts $  35,860.00 

Tuition  and  board,  others 31,385.00        67,245.00 

Total $206,539.30 

Xess:  Rent,  net  loss $       460.74 

Special  fund  income  to  special  fund  accounts.  ......         11,413.65        11,874.39 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes $194,664.91 

Expenses: 

Pensions $    8,761.70 

jjto        Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses 2,877.90 

»          Depreciation  and  expense,  133  Newbury  Street 84.48 

Fire  insurance  premiums 529.91 

Net  charge  to  Director  (see  detailed  statement) 200,534.38      212,788.37 

Expenses  in  excess  of  iiicome $  18,123.46 


Director's  Expense  Account 
Institution  and  Kindergarten  Combined 
Year  Ended  August  31,  1946 
.Administration : 

Salaries $22,519.67 

Supplies 3,570.25 

Telephone  and  telegraph 2,529.58 

Publicity. 698.50    $  29,318.00 

Special  Departments: 

Library  salaries $  5,585.66 

Library  supplies 546.93      $6,132.59 

Health  salaries $  5,233.03 

Health  supplies 1,579.99  6,813.02 

Hospitalization. 927.71 

Personnel  salaries $  9,887.49 

Personnel  supplies 396.60        10,284.09        24,157.41 

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Education: 

Literary  salaries $52,238.53 

Literary  supplies 2,742.30    $  54,980.83 

Manual  training  salaries $12,681.25 

Manual  training  supplies 692.66        13,373.91 

Music  salaries $12,549.01 

Music  supplies 464.46        13,013.47 

Depreciation  Music  Department 452.80 

Deaf-blind  salaries $10,988.36 

Deaf-blind  supplies 97.37        11,085.73     $  92,906.74 

Household : 

Salaries $  47,955.48 

Food 47,346.88 

Furnishings  and  supplies 6,556.38 

Laundry  salaries 5,062.52 

Laundry  supplies 552.25 

Depreciation  on  furnishings  and  household  equipment  1,370.38       108,843.89 

Maintenance : 

Engineers'  salaries $22,464.70 

Light,  heat,  power,  repairs  and  supplies      39,604.58    $  62,069.28 

Building  salaries $13,679.91 

Building  supplies  and  repairs 9,065.01         22,744.92 

Ground  salaries $10,406.57 

Grounds  supplies 1,160.86        11,567.43 

Depreciation  on  buildings,  Watertown 26,202.12 

Depreciation  on  tools  and  equipment 1,340.81       123,924.56 

Other  Expenses: 

Automobile $  2,056.27 

Liability  and  automobile  insurance 2,074.60 

Pension  retirement  plan ....     $13,987.90 

Less:  Contributed  by  employees    4,069.75        9,918.15 

Loss  on  bad  debts 189.67 

Tuning  Department 4,002.06 

Net  loss:  Works  Department 640.83    $18,881.58 

Less:  Credits: 

Discounts $      354.07 

Tuning  income 4,955.96 

Miscellaneous 447.19  5,757.22        13,124.36 

Net  charge  to  Director $392,274.96 

Amount  applicable  to  Institution  Department $200,534.38 

Amount  applicable  to  Kindergarten  Department 191,740.58 

$392,274.96 

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Special  Funds  Income  Account 

Balance,  September  1,  1945 $  17,883.65> 

Add:  Income  1945-1946 11,413.65 

Total $  29,297.30 

Distributed 10,340.52 

Unexpended  income,  August  31, 1946 $  18,956.78 


WORKS  DEPARTMENT 

Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1946 

Assets 

Cash $       590.66 

Accounts  receivable 4,790.06 

Merchandise  inventory 6,125.49 

Machinery  and  tools 2,460.41 

Furniture  and  fixtures 2,207.10 

Auto  trucks 106.34 

Total $  16,280.06 


Liabilities 

Main  office $  16,920.89 

Less:  net  loss 640.83    $  16,280.06 


Income 
Sales $  57.460.02 

Expenses  ) 

Materialsused $  16,366.33 

Salaries  and  wages 36,237.47 

General  expense 4,215.77 

Auto  trucks  expense 945.25 

Depreciation 575.30 

Loss  on  bad  debts 62.25        58,402.37 

Loss $        942.35 

Less:  Bad  debts  recovered $      22.45 

Miscellaneous  income 279.07  301.52 

Net  loss  for  the  year $       640.83 

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INSTITUTION  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1946 
Special  funds : 

Alumnae  Association  Scholarship  Fund $     1,600.00 

Anonymous 100.00 

Charles  S.  Adams  (Christmas  Fund) 200.00 

Robert  C.  Billings  (for  deaf,  dumb  and  blind) 4,000.00 

Blind  Babies'  Project 6,400.43 

Mary  Alice  Butler  (for  reading  matter  for  the  blind) .  3,703.62 

Deaf-Blind  Fund 89,890.21 

John  D.  Fisher  (education  teachers  and  others) 5,230.00 

Joseph  B.  Glover  (for  blind  and  deaf) 5,000.00 

John  Goldthwait  Fund  (charitable) 1,333.15 

Harris  Fund  (outdoor  relief) 26,667.00 

Henry  Clay  Jackson  Fund  (for  deaf -blind) 83,456.60 

Maria  Kemble  Oliver  Fund  (concert  tickets) 15,000.00 

James  Osborn  Fund 3,316.09 

Mary  Letitia  Perkins 1,600.00 

Prescott  Fund  (education  teachers  and  others) 21,231.45 

Elizabeth  P.  Putnam  (higher  education) 1,000.00 

Richard  M.  Saltonstall  (use  Trustees) 3,000.00 

A.  Schuman  Clothing  Fund 1,000.00 

Augustine  Schurleff  Fund  (for  deaf,  dumb  and  blind) .  .  1,750.00 

Anne  E.  Stodder  (to  find  employment  for  blind  workers)  3,000.00 

Mary  J.  Straw 500.00 

Thomas  Stringer  Fund  (care  of  T.  S.,  etc.) 15,880.32 

Julia  E.  Turner  (education  of  worthy  needy) 6,369.42 


$301,228.29 


Permanent  Funds  (income  for  general  purposes) : 


George  Baird  Fund $      12,895.21 

Charles  Tidd  Baker  Fund 17,574.86 

Charlotte  Billings  Fund 40,507.00 

Frank  W.  Boles 76,329.02 

Stoddard  Capen  Fund 13,770.00 

Jennie  M.  Colby,  in  memo-y  of.  .  .  100.00 

Ella  Newman  Curtis  Fund 2,000.00 

Stephen  Fairbanks 10,000.00 

David  H.  Fanning 5,010.56 

Helen  Osborne  Gary 10,000.00 

Harris  Fund  (general  purposes).  .  53,333.00 

Harriet  S.  Hazeltine  Fund 5,000.00 

Benjamin  Humphrey 23,000.00 

Prentiss  M.  Kent 2,500.00 

Sir  Charles  W.  Lindsay 9,008.93 

Kate  M.  Morse  Fund 5,000.00 

Jonathan  E.  Pecker 950.00 

Richard  Perkins 20,000.00 

Henry  L.  Pierce 20,000.00 


Mrs.  Marilla  L.  Pitts,  in  memory  of 
Frederick  W.  Prescott,  endowment 
Frank  Davison  Rust  Memorial.  . 

Samuel  E.  Sawyer 

Margaret  A.  Simpson 

Caroline  A.  Slack 

Charles  Fredeiick Smith  Fund.  .  . 

Timothy  Smith 

Mary  Lowell  Stone  Fund 

George  W.  Tbym  Fund 

Alfred  T.  Turner .  .  .  .  -. 

Thomas  Upham  Fund 

Levina  B.  Urbino 

William  Varnum  Fund 

Vaughan  Fund 

Ann  White  Vose 

Charles  L.  Young 


$      5,000.00 

25,338.95 

4,000.00 

2,174.77 

968.57 

10,000.00 

8,6(i3.00 

2,000.00 

4,000.00 

5,051.66 

1,000.00 

4,950.00 

500.00 

204.945.74 

10,553.50 

12,994.00 

5,000.00 

$636,121.77 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) : 


Elizabeth  B.  Allen $       500.00 

Nora  Ambrose,  in  memory  of .  .  .  .  300.00 

James  H.  Anderson 62.25 

James  H.  Anderson 28,303.92 

Charlotte  H.  Andrews 15,169.87 

Ellen  S.  Bacon 5,000.00 

Elizabeth  B.  Bailey 3,000.00 

ELanor  J.  W.  Baker 2,500.00 

Calvin  W.  Barker 1,859.32 

Lucy  B.  Barker,  in  memory  of.  . .  5,953.21 

Marianne  R.  Bartholomew 2,000.00 


Francis  Bartlett 

Elizabeth  Howard  Bartol . 

Mary  Bartol 

Thompson  Baxter 

Samuel  Benjamin 

Robert  C.  Billings 

George  Nixon  Black 

Susan  A.  Blaisdell 

Dehon  Blake 

Mary  Blight 

William  T.  Bolton 


!  2,500.00 

5,000.00 

300.00 

322.50 

250.00 

25,000.00 

10,000.00 

5,832.66 

500.00 

7,220.99 

555.22 


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General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes)  —  continued 


George  VV.  Boyd $        5,000.00 

Caroline  E.  Boyden l,9;iO.:J9 

Mary  I.  Brackett 5,2a3.3a 

J.  Putnam  Bradlee 294,162.53 

Charlotte  A.  Bradstreet 23,273.49 

Ellen  F.  Bragg 8,000.68 

Max  Brenner 200.00 

Lucy  S.  Brewer 10,215.36 

Florence  N.  Bridgman 500.00 

J.  Edward  Brown 100,000.00 

Maria  A.  Burnham 10,000.00 

T.  O.  H.  P.  Burnham 5,000.00 

Abbie  Y.  Burr 200.00 

Annie  E.  Caldwell 4,000.00 

Emma  C.  Campbell 1,000.00 

Lydia  E.  Carl 3,412.01 

Ellen  G.  Cary 50,000.00 

Katherine  F.  Casey 100.00 

Edward  F.  Cate 5,000.00 

Robert  R.  Centro,  in  memory  of  10,000.00 

Fanny  Channiug 2,000.00 

Emily  D.  Chapman 1,000.00 

Mary  F.  Cheever 200.00 

Ida  May  Chickering 1,052.03 

Alice  I.  Cobb 2,000.00 

Laura  Cohen 87.00 

Ann  Eliza  Colburn 5,000.00 

Susan  J.  Conant 500.00 

"William  A.  Copeland 1,000.00 

Augusta  E.  Corbin 20,644.82 

Jennie  L.  Cox 1,948.60 

Louise  F.  Crane 5,000.00 

W.  Murray  Crane 10,000.00 

Harriet  Otis  Cruft 6,000.00 

David  Cummings 7,723.07 

Arthur  B.  Curtis 1,722.25 

Chastine  L.  Cashing 500.00 

I.  W.  Danforth 2,500.00 

Kate  Kimball  Danforth 250.00 

Charles  L.  Davis 1:000.00 

Etta  S.  Davis 8,027.87 

Susan  L.  Davis 1,500.00 

Joseph  Descalzo 1,000.00 

Elsie  C.  Disher 163,250.07 

John  H.  Dix 10,000.00 

Mary  Frances  Drown 21,857.25 

Alice  J.  H.  Dwinell 200.00 

Amelia  G.  Dyer 40,043.00 

Mary  A.  Dyer.  .  .' 8,375.18 

Ella  I.  Eaton 1,669.50 

Mary  Agnes  Eaton 3,660.91 

Mary  E.  Eaton 5,000.00 

William  Eaton 500.00 

David  J.  Edwards 500.00 

Ann  J.  Ellis 1  023.00 

A.  Silver  Emerson 500.00 

Martha  S.  Ensign 2,505.48 

Orient  H.  Eustis 500.00 

Eugene  Fanning 50.00 

Sarah  M.  Farr 64,247.43 

Mortimer  C.  Ferris  Memorial. . .  1,000.00 

Annie  M.  Findley 500.00 

Anna  G.  Fish 10,583.25 

Thomas  B.  Fitzpatrick 1,000.00 

John  Forrest 1,000.00 

Ann  Maria  Fosdick 14,333.79 

Nancy  H.  Fosdick 3,937.21 

Sarah  E.  Foster 200.00 

Mary  Helen  Freeman 1,000.00 

Cornelia  Anne  French 10,000.00 

Martha  A.  French 164.40 

Ephraim  L.  Frothingham 825.97 

Jessie  P.  Fuller 200.00 

Thomas  Gaffield 6,685.33 

Albert  Glover 1,000.00 

Joseph  B.  Glover 5,000.00 

Benjamin  H.  Goldsmith 11,199.68 

Charlotte  L.  Goodnow 6,471.23 

Maria  W.  Goulding 2,332.48 

Charles  G.  Green 45,837.70 


Amelia  Greenbaum $  500.00 

Mary  Louise  Greenlcaf 199,189.94 

Ellen  Page  Hall 10,037.78 

Ellen  Hammond 1,000.00 

Margaret  A.  Harty 5,000.00 

Helen  P.  Harvison 1,000.00 

Hattie  S.  Hathav.ay 500.00 

Jerusha  F.  Hathaway 5,000.00 

Lucy  Hathaway 4,577.00 

Edward     J.     and     Georgia     M. 

Hathorne  Fund 50,017.68 

Charles  H.  Hayden 32,461.01 

John  C.  Haynes l.OOO.OO' 

Mary  E.  T.  Healy 200.00 

Alice  Cushing  H^rseJ^  in  memory  of  3,000.00 

Joseph  H.  Heywood 500.00 

Ira  Hiland 3,893.37 

Stanley  B.  Hildreth 5,000.0a 

George  A.  Hill 100.00 

Margaret  A.  Holden 3,708.32 

Theodore  C.  Hollander 3,016.00 

Margaret  J.  Houi  ihan 200.00 

Charles  Sylvester  Hutchinson...  2,156.00 

Katharine  C.  Ireson 52,037.62 

Eliza  J.  Kean 59,209.91 

Marie  L.  Keith 2,000.00 

Harriet  B.  Kempster 1,144.13 

Ernestine  M.  Kettle 9,975.00 

B.  Marion  Keyes 6,350.00 

Lulu  S.  Kimball 10,000.00 

Grace  W.  King 100.00 

Lydia  F.  Knowles 50.00 

Davis  Krokyn 100.00 

Catherine  M.  Lamson 6,000.00' 

James  J.  Lamson 750.00 

Susan  M.  Lane 815.71 

Elizabeth  W.  Leadbetter 2,638.71 

Jane  Leader 3,544.31 

Lewis  A.  Leland 415.67 

Benjamin  Levy 500.00 

E.  E.  Linderholm 505.56 

William  Litchfield 7,951.48 

Mary  T.  Locke 8,361.89 

Hannah  W.  Loring -    9,500.00 

Adolph  S.  Lundin 100.00 

Susan  B.  Lyman 4,809.78 

Agnes  J.  MacNevin 78,968.67 

Mary  Ella  Mann 250.00 

Blanche  Osgood  Mansfield 1,000.00- 

Rebecca  Marks 2,640.40 

Stephen  W.  Marston 5,000.00 

Elizabeth  S.  Martin 1,000.00 

William  H.  Maynard 22,821.56 

Cora  Mclntire 6,862.50 

Charles  Merriam 1,000.00 

Mary  H.  Miller 1,512.50 

Olga  E.  Monks 2,500.00 

George  Montgomery 5,140.00 

Martha  H.  Morss 3,000.00 

Louise  Chandler  Moulton  Bequest  7,891 .65 

Mary  A.  Muldoon 100.00 

Mary  T.  Murphy 10,000.00 

Sarah  Ella  Murray 8,000.00 

Sarah  M.  Nathan 500.00 

Joseph  F.  Noera 2,000.00 

Richard  W.  Nutter 2,000.00 

Ella  Nye 50.00 

Emily  C.  O'Shea 1,000.00 

Sarah  Irene  Parker 699.41 

William  Prentiss  Parker 2,500.00 

George  Francis  Parkman 50,000.00 

Grace  Parkman 5.383.78 

Philip  G.  Peabody 1,200.00 

Elizabeth  W.  Perkins 2.000.00 

Ellen  F.  Perkins 2,500.00 

Edward  D.  Peters 500.00 

Clara  F.  Pierce 2,005.58 

Clara  J.  Pitts 2,000.00 

George  F.  Poland ''.  75.00 

Elizabeth  B.  Porter ?:5,449.50 


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(General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes)  —  concluded 


George  M.  Whidden  Porter $      22,700.48 

Sarah  E.  Pratt            2,988.34 

Sarah  S.  Pratt      6,000.00 

Francis  I.  Proctor 10,000.00 

Grace  E.  Reed 5.054.25 

Carrie  P.  Reid 679.51 

Leonard  H.  Rhodes 1,012.77 

MabHle  H.  Rice 3,750.00 

Matilda  B.  Richardson 300.00 

William  L.  Richardson 60,000.00 

Anne  Augusta  Robinson 212.20 

Julia  M.  Roby 500.00 

Robert  Rodgers 100.00 

John  Roome 3,621.48 

Barbara  S.  Ross 2,740.35 

Henrietta  Goodrich  Rothwell 500.00 

Mary  L.  Ruggles 3.000.00 

Elizabeth  H.  Russell 500.00 

Marian  Russell 6.000.00 

Nancy  E.  Rust 2,640.00 

Emily  E.  St.  John 6.015.00 

Joseph  Schofield 2,500.00 

Sarah  E.  Seabury 3,116.01 

Edward  O.  Seccomb 1,000.00 

Richard  Black  Sewell 25,000.00 

Charles  F.  Sherman 2,000.00 

Robert  F.  Shurtleff 1,432.94 

Carrie  Etta  Silloway 6,429.88 

John  Simonds 50.00 

Arthur  A.  Smith 10,000.00 

Ellen  V.  Smith 25,000.00 

Esther  W.  Smith 6,000.00 

Sarah  F.  Smith 3.000.00 

The  Maria  Spear  Bequest  for  the 

Blind 15.000.00 

Henry  F.  Spencer 1,000.00 

Charlotte  S.  Sprague 13,222.56 

Adella  E.  Stannard 1.631.78 

Cora  N.  T.  Stearns 63,558.50 

Henry  A.  Stickney 2.410.00 

Lucretia  J.  Stoehr 2.967.26 

Joseph  C.  Storey 122,531.58 

Edward  C.  Sullivan 2,000.00 

Sophronia  S.  Sunbury 365.19 


Emma  B.  Swasey 

Mary  F.Swift 

William  Taylor 

Mabel  E.  Thompson 

Joanna  C.  Thompson 

William  Timlin 

Alice  W.  Torrey 

Evelyn  Wyman  Towle 

Stephen  G.  Train 

Sarah  E.  Trott 

Mary  Wilson  Tucker 

George  B.  Upton 

Maude  C.  Valentine 

Charles  A.  Vialle 

Abbie  T.  Vose 

Nancie  S.  Vose 

Horace  W.  Wadleigh 

Joseph  K.  Wait 

Harriet  Ware 

Allena  F.  Warren 

William  H.  Warren 

Eleanore  C.  Webb 

Charles  F.  Webber 

Mary  Ann  P.  Weld 

Oliver  M.  Wentworth 

Cordelia  H.  Wheeler 

Opha  J.  Wheeler 

Ruth  E.  Whitmarsh 

Sarah  L.  Whitmarsh 

Samuel  Brenton  Whitney 

Adelia  C.  Williams 

Judson  Williams 

Lucy  B.  Wilson,  in  memory  of. 

Mehitable  C.  C.  Wilson 

Nettie  R.  Winn 

Esther  F.  Wright 

Thomas  T.  Wyman 

Fanny  Young 

William  B.  Young 


2,250.00 
1.391.00 

893.36 
8,187.23 
1,000.00 
7.820.00 
71,560.00 
5,820.00 
20,000.00 
2.885.86 

481.11 

10,000.00 

1,884.22 

1.990.00 

1.000.00 

300.00 
2,000.00     i 
3,000.00     I 
1,952.02     I 
2,828.33 
4,073.17 
5.314.95     , 
30.915.93 
2.000.00     I 

300.00     I 

800.00  I 
3.086.77  I 
1,000.00  I 
2,000.00  ' 
1,000.00  I 
1.000.00  I 
3,628.46     I 

800.00 

543.75     I 
1,000.00     ' 
6,427.76 
20,000.00 
8,000.00 
1,000.00 


$2,608,333.68 
$3,646,683.74 


HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUNDS.  AUGUST  31,  1946 

Special  funds: 

Adeline  A.  Douglas  (printing  raised  characters) $  5,000.00 

Harriet  S.  Hazeltine  (printing  raised  characters) 2,000.00 

Thomas  D.  Roche  (publication  non-sectarian  books)  .  .  1,883.84 

J.  Pauline  Schenki  (printing) 10,955.26 

Deacon  Stephen  Stickney  Fund   (books,  maps  and 

charts) 5,000.00 


$24,839.10 


•General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes): 

Beggs  Fund $  1,000.00 

Joseph  H.  Center 1,000.00 

Augusta  Wells 10,290.00 


12,290.00 


$37,129.10 


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HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUND 

Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1946 

Assets 
Equipment  and  supplies: 

Machinery $     1,919.60 

Furniture  and  fixtures 107.28 

Printing  inventory 3,049.19 

Appliances  inventory 6,058.41 

Embossing  inventory 1,422.85 

Stationery,  etc.,  inventory 2,052.76    $  14,610.09 

Investments:  Securities,  book  value 304,226.39 

Accounts  receivable 1,791.65 

Cash 7,447.04 


Total $328,075.17 

Liabilities 

General  Account $290,344.97 

Funds  and  legacies: 

Special $  24,839.10 

General 12,290.00  37,129.10 

Accounts  payable 600.00 

Withholding  tax 1.10 

Total $328,075.17 


Treasurer's  Condensed  Income  Account 
Year  Ended  August  31,  1946 

Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes $  15,165.46 

Interest  and  dividends,  special  funds 1,181.70 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes $  16,347.16 

Expenses: 

Pensions $        600.00 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses 167.91 

Net  charge  to  Manager  (see  detailed  statement) 13,906.21        14,674.12 

Income  in  excess  of  expenses $     1,673.04 


Manager's  Expense  Account 
Year  Ended  August  31,  1946 
Maintenance  and  operation  of  plant: 

Embossing $     4,925.69 

Printing 7,296.56 

Appliances 15,410.94 

Stationery 1,277.78 

Library 1.627.00 

Depreciation  on  machinery  and  equipment 211.98 

Salaries 3,558.59 

Miscellaneous 350.03 

Pension  retirement  plan $      287.12 

Less:  contribution  by  employees 80.40  206.72 

Loss  on  bad  debts 2.25    $  34,867.54 

Less: 

Discounts $  80.39 

Sale  of  appliances 14,049.35 

Sale  of  books,  music,  etc 6,819.97 

Miscellaneous  income 11.62        20,961.33 


Net  charge  to  Manager $  13,906.21 


KINDERGARTEN  DEPARTMENT 

Balance  Sheet,  August  31,  1946 

Assets 
Plant: 

Real  estate,  Watertown $614,980.17 

Equipment: 

Tools,  etc $    3,373.53 

Furniture  and  household 5,334.40 

Music  Department 9,615.00 

Library  Department 86.59         18,409.52 

Investments : 

Securities,  book  value $2,482,654.97 

Mortgage  receivable 45,000.00   2,527,654.9T 

Inventory  of  provisions  and  supplies 8,304.07 

Accounts  receivable 9,245.39 

Cash 142,448.73 

Total $3,321,042.87 

.    64 


Liabilities 

General  account $610,464.80 

Funds  and  legacies: 

General $2,053,367.74 

Permanent 255,488.95 

Special 20,085.35   2,328,942.04 

Unexpended  income,  special  funds 8,696.43 

Accounts  payable 40.00 

Vouchers  payable 2,917.69 

Withholding  tax 409.45 

Reserve  for  deferred  maintenance 11,000.00 

Reserve  for  depreciation  of  buildings 356,297.46 

Reserve  for  depreciation  of  organ 2,275.00  369,572.46 


Total $3,321,042.87 


Treastteer's  Condensed  Income  Account 

Year  Ended  August  31, 1946 

Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes $118,163.09 

Interest  from  deaf-blind  fund 3,068.18 

Interest  from  special  funds  for  deaf-blind 3,768.26 

Interest  from  special  funds 1,296.39    $126,295.92 

Add:  Tuition  and  board,  Massachusetts $  46,610.00 

Tuition  and  board,  others 34,545.00        81,155.00 

Total $207,450.92 

Less:  Rent  net  loss $    2,366.09 

Special  fund  income  to  special  fund  accounts 1,296.39  3,662.48 

Net  income  available  for  general  purposes $203,788.44 

Expenses: 

Pensions $    7,742.90 

Treasurer's  miscellaneous  expenses 529.92 

Fire  insurance  premiums 2,874.98 

Net  charge  to  Director  (see  detailed  statement) 191,740.58      202,888.38 

Income  in  excess  of  expenses $       900.06 


k 


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Special  Fund  Income  Account 

Year  Ended  August  31,  1946 

Balance,  September  1,  1945 

Add:  Income  1945-1946 

Total 

Distributed 

Unexpended  income  August  31,  1946 


$    8,539.18 
1,296.39 

$     9,835.57 
1,139.14 

$     8,696.43 


General  Account,  August  31,  1946 
Balance,  September  1,  1945 $277,792.57 

Add: 

Income  in  excess  of  expenses $     1,673.04 

Net  gain  from  sales  of  securities 10,879.36        12,552.40 

Balance,  August  31, 1946 $290,344.97 


Kindergarten  Funds,  August  31,  1946 
Special  funds: 

Glover  Funds  for  Blind-Deaf  Mutes $    1,054.10 

Ira  HUand  (income  to  W.  E.  R.  for  life) 1,000.00 

Emeline  Morse  Lane  Fund  (books) 1,000.00 

Leonard  and  Jerusha  Hyde  Room 4,000.00 

Mary  Letitia  Perkins 600.00 

Dr  Ruey  B.  Stevens'  Charity  Fund 5,500.00 

Lucy  H.  Stratton  (Anagnos  Cottage) 6,931  25 


Permanent  funds  (income  for  general  purposes) 

Charles  Tidd  Baker  Fund 

Mary  D.  Balfour  Fund 

William   Leonard   Benedict,   Jr., 

Memorial 

Samuel  A.  Borden 

A.  A.  C,  in  Memoriam 

Helen  G.  Coburn 

Charles  Wells  Cook 

M.    Jane    Wellington    Danforth 

Fund 

Caroline  T.  Downes 

Charles  H.  Draper  Fund 

Eliza  J.  Bell  Draper  Fund 

Helen  Atkins  Edmands  Memorial 

George  R.  Emerson 

Mary  Eveleth 

Eugenia  F.  Farnham 

Susan  W.  Farwell 

John  Foster 

The   Luther   and   Mary   Gilbert 

Fund 


$26,366.09 
5,692.47 

1,000.00 
4,675.00 
500.00 
9,980.10 
5,000.00 

10.000.00 

12,950.00 

23,934.13 

1,500.00 

5,000.00 

5,000.00 

1,000.00 

1,015.00 

500.00 

5,000.00 


Albert  Glover 

Martha  R.  Hunt 

Mrs.  Jerome  Jones  Fund 

Charles  Larned 

Elisha  T.  Loring 

George  F.  Parkman 

Catherine  P.  Perkins 

Edith  Rotch _ 

Frank  Davison  Rust  Memorial. . . 

Caroline  O.  Seabury 

Phoebe  Hill  Simpson  Fund 

Eliza  Sturgis  Fund 

Abby  K.  Sweetser 

Hannah  R.  Sweetser  Fund 

Mrs.  Harriet  Taber  Fund 

Levina  B.  Urbino 

The  May  Rosevear  White  Fund . 


8,541.77 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) : 


Emilie  Albee 

Lydia  A.  Allen 

Michael  Anagnos 

Harriet  T.  Apdrew 

Martha  B.  Angell 

Mrs.  William  Appleton . 

Elizabeth  H.  Bailey 

Eleanor  J.  W.  Baker .  .  . 
Ellen  M.  Baker 


!       150.00 

748.38 

3,000.00 

5,000.00 

34,370.83 

18,000.00 

500.00 

2,500.00 

13,063.48 


Mary  D.  Barrett .... 
Nancy  Bartlett  Fund . 

Sidney  Bartlett 

Emma  M.  Bass 

Sarah  E.  J.  Baxter . . . 
Thompson  Baxter .  .  .  , 
Robert  C. killings.  .  . 
Harriet  M.  Bowman . . 
Sarah  Bradford 


$20,085.35 


$    1,000.00 

10,000.00 

9,935.95 

5,000.00 

5,000.00 

3,500.00 

10,000.00 

10,000.00 

15,600.00 

1,000.00 

3,446.11 

21,729.52 

25,000.00 

5,000.00 

622.81 

500.00 

500.00 

$255,488.95 


$    1,000.00 

500.00 

10,000.00 

1,000.00 

51,847.49 

32S.50 

10,000.00 

1,013.22 

100.00 


66 


General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes)  —  Continued 


Helen  C.  Bradlee 

J.  Putnam  Bradlee 

Charlotte  A.  Bradstreet 

Ellen  F.  Bragg 

Lucy  S.  Brewer 

Sarah  Crocker  Brewster 

Ellen  Sophia  Brown 

Rebecca  W.  Brown 

Harriet  Tilden  Browne 

Katherine  E.  Bullard 

Annie  E.  Caldwell 

John  W.  Carter 

Kate  H.  Chamberlin 

Adeline  M.  Chapin 

Benjamin  P.  Cheney 

Eanny  C.  Coburn 

Charles  H.  Colburn 

Helen  Collamore 

Anna  T.  Coolidge 

Mrs.  Edward  Cordis 

Sarah  Silver  Cox 

Lavonne  E.  Crane 

Susan  T.  Crosby 

Margaret  K.  Cummings 

James  H.  Danford 

Catherine  L.  Donnison  Memorial 

George  H.  Downes 

Amanda  E.  Dwight 

Lucy  A.  Dwight 

Harriet  H.  Ellis 

Mary  E.  Emerson 

Mary  B.  Emmens 

Arthur  F.  Estabrook 

Ida  F.  Estabrook 

Orient  H.  Eustis 

Annie  Louisa  Fay  Memorial .... 

Sarah  M.  Fay 

Charlotte  M.  Fiske 

Ann  Maria  Fosdick 

Nancy  H.  Fosdick 

Fanny  Foster 

Margaret  W.  Frothingham 

Elizabeth  W.  Gay 

Ellen  M.  Giflord 

Joseph  B.  Glover 

Mathilda  Goddard 

Anna  L.  Gray 

Maria  L.  Gray 

Amelia  Greenbaum 

Caroline  H.  Greene 

Mary  L.  Greenleaf 

Josephine  S.  Hall 

Allen  Haskell 

Mary  J.  Haskell 

Jennie  B.  Hatch 

Olive  E.  Hayden 

Jane  H.  Hodges 

Margaret  A.  Holden 

Marion  D.  HoUingsworth 

Frances  H.  Hood 

Abigail  W.  Howe 

Ezra  S.  Jackson 

Caroline  E.  Jenks 

Ellen  M.  Jones 

Hannah  W.  Kendall 

Clara  P.  Kimball 

David  P.  KimbaU 

Moses  Kimball 

Ann  E.  Lambert 

Jean  Munroe  Le  Brun 

Willard  H.  Lethbridge 

Frances  E.  Lilly        

William  Litchfield   

Mary  Ann  Locke 

Robert  W.  Lord 

Sophia  N.  Low 

Thomas  Mack 

Augustus  D.  Manson 

Calanthe  E.  Marsh 

Sarah  L.  Marsh 

Waldo  Marsh 


140,000.00 

194,162.53 

13,576.19 

8,006.69 

7,811.56 

500.00 
1,000.00 
8,977.55 
2,000.00 
2,500.00 
5,000.00 

500.00 
5,715.07 

400.00 
5,000.00 

424.06 

1,000.00 

5,000.00 

53,873.38 

300.00 
5,000.00 
3,365.21 

100.00 
5,000.00 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
3,000.00 
6,295.00 
4,000.00 
6,074.79 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
2,000.00 
2,114.00 

500.00 
1,000.00 
15,000.00 
5,000.00 
14,333.79 
3,937.21 
378,087.49 

500.00 
7,931.00 
5,000.00 
5,000.00 

300.00 
1,000.00 

200.00 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
5,157.75 
3,000.00 

500.00 
8,687.65 
1,000.00 
4,622.45 

300.00 
2,360.67 
1,000.00 

100.00 
1,000.00 

688.67 

100.00 

500.00 

2,515.38 

10,000.00 

5,000.00 

1,000.00 

700.00 
1,000.00 
28,179.41 
1,000.00 
6,800.00 
5,874.00 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
8,134.00 
18,840.33 
1,000.00 

500.00 


Annie  B.  Matthews 

Rebecca  S.  Melvin 

Georgina  Merrill 

Ira  L.  Moore 

Louise  Chandler  Moulton 

Maria  Murdock 

Mary  Abbie  Newell 

Frances  M.  Osgood 

Margaret  S.  Otis 

Jeannie  Warren  Paine 

Anna  R.  Palfrey 

Sarah  Irene  Parker 

Anna  Q.  T.  Parsons 

Helen  M.  Parsons 

Caroline  E.  Peabody 

Edward  D.  Peters 

Henry  M.  Peyser 

Mary  J.  Phipps 

Caroline  S.  Pickman 

Katherine  C.  Pierce 

Helen  A.  Porter 

Sarah  E.  Potter,  Endowment  Fund 

Francis  L.  Pratt 

Mary  S.  C.  Reed • 

Emma  Reid 

William  Ward  Rhoades 

Jane  Roberts 

John  M.  Rodocanachi 

Dorothy  Roffe 

Clara  Bates  Rogers 

Rhoda  Rogers 

Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Rotch 

Rebecca  Salisbury 

J.  Pauline  Schenki 

Joseph  Schofield 

Eliza  B.  Seymour 

John  W.  Shapleigh 

Esther  W.  Smith 

Annie  E.  Snow 

Adelaide  Standish 

Elizabeth  G.  Stuart 

Benjamin  Sweetzer 

Sarah  W.  Taber 

Mary  L.  Talbot 

Ann  Tower  Tarbell 

Cornelia  V.  R.  Thayer 

Delia  D.  Thorndike 

Elizabeth  L.  Tilton 

Betsey  B.  Tolman 

Transcript,  ten  dollar  fund 

Mary  Wilson  Tucker 

Mary  B.  Turner 

Royal  W.  Turner 

Minnie  H.  Underbill 

Charles  A.  Vialle 

Rebecca  P.  Wainwright 

George  W.  Wales 

Maria  W.  Wales 

Gertrude  A.  Walker 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Ware 

Rebecca  B.  Warren 

Jennie  A.  (Shaw)  Waterhouse .  .  . 

Mary  H.  Watson 

Ralph  Watson  Memorial 

Isabella  M.  Weld 

Mary  Whitehead 

Evelyn  A.  Whitney  Fund 

Julia  A.  Whitney 

Sarah  W.  Whitney 

Betsey  S.  Wilder 

Hannah  Catherine  Wiley    

Mary  W.  Wiley 

Mary  Williams 

Almira  F.  Winslow 

Eliza  C.  Winthrop 

Harriet  F.  Wolcott 


45,0S6.40 

23,545.55 

4,773.80 

1,349.09 

10,000.00 

1,000.00 

5,90'5.65 

1,000.00 

1,000.00 

1,000.00 

50.00 

699.41 
4,019.52 

500.00 
3,403.74 

500.00 
5,678.25 
2,000.00 
1,000.00 
5,000.00 
50.00 
425,014.44 

100.00 
5,000.00 

943.26 

7,507.86 

93,025.55 

2,250.00 

500.00 
2,000.00 

500.00 
8,500.00 

200.00 
10,955.26 
3,000.00 
5,000.00 
1,000.00 
5,000.00 
9,903.27 
5,000.00 
2,000.00 
2,000.00 
1,000.00 

630.00 

2,500.00 

10,000.00 

5,000.00 

300.00 

500.00 
5,666.95 

481.11 
7,582.90 
24,089.02 
1,000.00 
1,990.00 
1,000.00 
5,000.00 
20,000.00 

178.97 
4,000.00 
5,000.00 

565.84 

100.00 

237.92 
14,795.06 

666.00 
4,992.10 

100.00 

150.62 

500.00 

200.00 

150.00 
5,000.00 

306.80 
5,041.67 
5,532.00 

$2,053,367.74 

$2,328,942.04 


m 


CONTRIBUTORS  TO  THE  DEAF-BLIND  FUND 

September  1,  1945  —  August  31,  1946 


Abbe,  Mrs.  Greenough  Mass. 

Abegg,  Miss  Eda  N.  Y. 

Abi  11,  Mrs.  A.  Howard  Mass. 

Abbott,  Mr.  Frank  W.  Mass. 

Abbott,  Miss  Harriette  F.  Mass. 

Abbott,  Mrs.  W.  T.  111. 

Adam  Hat  Stores,  Inc.  Mass. 

Adams,  Miss  F.  M.  Mass. 

Adams,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Mass. 

Adams,  Miss  Kate  L.  Mass. 

Adams,  Miss  Pauline  W.  Mass. 

Adams,  Mr.  R.  W.  Mass. 

Addison,  Rev.  Charles  M.  Mass. 

Ade,  Miss  Laura  M.  Iowa 

Adler,  Miss  Cecilia  N.  Y. 

Adler,  Mrs.  Jacob  N.  Y. 

Allan,  Mr.  Paul  H.  Mass 

AUbright,  Mr.  Clifford  Mass. 

Allen,  Lt.-Comdr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  P.  Mass. 

Allen,  Mr.  J.  J.  S.  D. 

All(-n,  Misses  Lillian  S.  and  Viola  M.  Fla. 

Ailing,  Miss  Elsie  Dwight  Mass. 

American  Legion  Auxiliary,  East  Lynn  Unit,  Mass. 

Ames,  Miss  Rosella  S.  Mass. 

Ames,  Mrs.  William  H.  Mass. 

Ames,  Mrs.  Wiiithrop  N.  Y, 

Amory,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Mass. 

Amory,  Mrs.  Copley,  Jr.  Mass. 

Amory,  Mr.  Roger  Mass. 

Andress,  Mrs.  J.  Mace  Mass. 

Andrews,  Miss  Sarah  G.  Mass. 

Andrus,  Mrs.  G.  E.  Colo. 

Augus,  Miss  Lorraine  W.  Mass. 
Anonymous 

Appleton,  Miss  Maud  Mass. 

Archambault,  Mrs.  Victor  Mass. 

Armington,  Miss  Elisabeth  Mass. 

Arnold,  Mrs.  Mass. 

Arnold,  Mrs.  George  C.  R.  I. 

Ashworth,  Miss  Lillian  F.  Mass. 

Atherton,  Mr.  J.  Ballard  Hawaii 

Athey,  Mrs.  C.  N.  Md. 

Atwood,  Mrs.  David  E.  Mass. 

Aull,  Mrs.  Mary  Louise  Ohio 

Austin,  Mrs.  Francis  B.  Mass. 

Austin,  Mr.  I.  C.  Mass. 

Avery,  Miss  Mary  B.  Penn! 

Ayer,  Mrs.  F.  Wayland  Mass. 

Babson,  Mr.  Paul  T.  Mass. 

Bacon,  Miss  Maria  J.  Mass. 

Bacon,  Mr.  Paul  V.  Mass. 

Badger,  Mrs.  Arthur  C.  Mass. 

Baer,  Mrs.  Louis  Mass. 

Bailey,  Mr.  Richard  F.  R.  I, 

Bakeman,  Miss  Aimee  M.  Mass. 

Baker,  Mrs.  D.  M.  Mass. 

Baker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  O.  Mass. 

Baker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horatio  L.  Maine 

Baker,  Mrs.  Nathaniel  Mass. 

Baker,  Mrs.  Norman  C.  Mass. 

Baker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  W.  Mass. 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  E.  Atkins  Mass. 

Baldwin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  G.  Ohio 

Ballard,  Mr.  Walter  C.  Mass. 

Banes,  Miss  Margaret  Mass. 

Barber,  Mrs.  George  C.  N.  Y. 

Barber,  Mrs.  Harris  Mass 

Barker,  Miss  Phyllis  F.  Mass! 

Barlow,  Mr.  Charles  L.  Mass, 

Barr,  Miss  Ada  M.  N.  Y. 


Barratt,  Mr.  Roswell  F. 

N.  Y. 

Barrett,  Miss  Florence  E. 

Conn, 

Barron,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Andres 

Mass. 

Barry,  Mrs.  Edward  P. 

Mass. 

Barstow,  Miss  Marjorie  L. 

Nebr. 

Bartlett,  Miss  Betty  A. 

Mass. 

Bartlett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Matthew 

Mass. 

Bartol,  Mrs.  John  W. 

Mass.. 

Bauer,  Miss  Rose  F. 

N.  Y. 

Baum,  Mrs.  E.  A. 

N.Y. 

Baumgartner,  Mrs.  E.  L. 

N.J.. 

Baur,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  B. 

Ohio 

Baxter,  Mrs.  Gregory  P. 

Mass. 

Baxter,  Mr.  Thomas  A. 

Mass. 

Beal,  Mrs.  Boylston  A. 

Mass. 

Beal,  Joseph  &  Company 

Mass.. 

Beal,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  DeFord 

Mass. 

Bean,  Mrs.  Henry  S. 

Mass» 

Beaudreau,  Mr.  Raoul  H. 

Mass. 

Beck,  Mr.  Joseph  F. 

N.J. 

Behr,  Miss  Elsa 

N.Y. 

Belash,  Mrs.  Constantine  A. 

Mass. 

Bell,  Mrs.  Ida 

Ark. 

Bellanca,  Mrs.  Guiseppe  Mario 

Del. 

Bement,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  D. 

Mass. 

Bemis,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alan  C. 

Mass. 

Bemis,  Mrs.  Harry  H. 

Mass. 

Bemis,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  B. 

Mass. 

Benioff,  Mrs.  David 

Calif. 

Benner,  Miss   Frances  Z.  T. 

Mass. 

Benson,  Mrs.  John  W, 

N.Y. 

Berke,  Mrs.  Steven  R. 

Mass. 

Bernhard,  Mrs.  A.  F. 

Mass. 

Berntson,  Mr.  Olaf  A. 

Mass. 

Bevis,  Mrs.  Vivia  Clyde 

N.  C. 

Biart,  Mr.  Victor 

Conn. 

Bibring,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  W. 

Mass. 

Bicknell,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  E. 

Mass. 

Bill,  Miss  Caroline  E. 

Mass. 

Binney,  Miss  H.  Maude 

Mass. 

Binney,  Dr.  Horace 

Mass. 

Bird,  Mrs.  Francis  W. 

Mass. 

Bishop,  Mr.  Frank  C. 

Mass. 

Bishop,  Mr.  N.  K. 

Mass. 

Bixler,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Seelye 

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N.  Y.  Robert,  Mrs.  Urbain 

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Conn. 

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N.  Y.  Seaver,  Miss  IVIinnie  S. 

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Mass.  Seccomb,  Mrs.  Eben  D.,  2d  ,   ^  ,      , 

T.  H.  Second  Church  in  Newton  Church  bchool 

N.  H.  Security  Mills,  Inc. 

Mass.  Sedgwick,  Mr.  Henry  D. 

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Shaw,  Mr.  Harold  B. 

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Slichter,  Mr.  Sumner  H. 

Sloan,  Mrs.  E.  S. 

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Sterling,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David 

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Stout,  Mrs.  Geoi-ge  L.  Mass. 

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Straus,  Mr.  David  Ohio. 

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Strong,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Mass. 

Structural  Shop  of  Boston  Navy  Yard  Mass. 

Stuart,  Miss  Charlotte  V.  Mass. 

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Thompson  Water  Cooler  Co.  Mass. 

Thompson,  Mr.  Wavne  B.  Mass. 

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Thorndike,  Mr.  Albert  Mass. 

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Thorp,  Miss  Alice  A.  Mass. 

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Thurman,  Mrs.  William  A.  N.  Y. 

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Tucker,  Mrs.  Henry  Guild  Mass. 

Tucker,  Miss  Minnie  C.  N.  Y. 

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Tuttle,  Mrs.  A.  H.  N.  J. 

Tuttle,  Miss  M.  Elizabeth  N.  Y. 

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Tyler,  Mrs.  Frank  J.  Mass. 

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Volkinann,  Mrs.  James  Howe  Mass. 

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Wallburg,  Mrs.  0.  Mass. 

Waller,  Miss  Jessie  N.  Y. 

Ward,  Mr.  Edgar  Mass. 

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Whipple,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  A,  Mass. 

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Whitney,  Miss  Ruth  W.  Mass. 

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Whittall,  Mr.  Matthew  P.  Mass. 

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Church  of  Newtonville  Mass. 
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Wood,  Mrs.  Orin  G,  Mass. 

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FORM  OF  BEQUEST 

I  hereby  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution 
AND  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly 
organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  the  sum  of  dollars  ($  ),  the  same  to 

be  applied  to  the  general  uses  and  purposes  of  said  corporation  under 
the  direction  of  its  Board  of  Trustees;  and  I  do  hereby  direct  that  the 
receipt  of  the  Treasurer  for  the  time  being  of  said  corporation  shall 
be  a  sufficient  discharge  to  my  executors  for  the  same. 


I  FORM  OF  DEVISE  OF  REAL  ESTATE 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly  organ- 
ized and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, that  certain  tract  of  real  estate  bounded  and  described  as 
follows: 

(Here  describe  the  real  estate  accurately) 


with  full  power  to  sell,  mortgage  and  convey  the  same  free  of  all 
trusts. 


i 


NOTICE 

The  address  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  corporation  is  as  follows : 
JOHN  P.  CHASE 
75  Federal  Street,  Boston  10,  Mass. 


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The  Samuel  Gridley  Howe  Building 

houses  the  class  rooms  of   the 

Upper  School.    Viewed  from 

ACROSS   THE    ChARLES     RiVER 


The  Lower  School  Fleche 


One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth 
Annual  Report 

of 

I      Perkins  Institution 

and 

Massachusetts  School 
for  the  Blind 

Incorporated  March  2,  1829 


1947 


Offices  of  Administration  and  Schools 
Watertown  72,  Mass. 


THE   WORKSHOP  THE  TREASURER 

549   E.   Fourth   Street  75   Federal  Street 

South   Boston   27,   Mass.  Boston    10,    Mass. 


CONTENTS 

Calendar 4 

History 5 

Past  Officers    . 6 

Officers  of  the  Corporation 7 

Officers  of  Administration 8 

Upper   School  Staff 9 

Lower  School  Staff 10 

Members  of  the  Corporation 11 

Proceedings  of  the  Corporation 13 

Report  of  the  Trustees 15 

Report  of  the  Director 17 

Report  of  the  Ophthalmologist 48 

Report  of  the   Physician 49 

Report  of  the  Dentists 50 

Workshop  for  Adults 52 

Howe  Memorial  Press     .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  53 

List  of  Pupils .54 

Acknowledgments 57 

Statement  of  Accounts 60 

Contributors  to  the  Deaf -Blind  Fund 74 

Form  of  Bequest 84 


PERKINS  CALENDAR  1947  -  48 


September 

8. 

September 

9. 

September 

9. 

September 

10. 

September 

15. 

October 

6. 

October 

13. 

October 

14. 

October 

15. 

October 

20. 

November 

3. 

November 

10. 

November 

11. 

November 

17. 

November  27-30. 

December 

8. 

December 

9. 

December 

14. 

December 

15. 

December 

15. 

December 

16. 

December 

18. 

December 

19. 

January 

5. 

January 

6. 

January 

12. 

January 

13. 

January 

19. 

February 

9. 

February 

10. 

February 

16. 

February   21-23. 

March 

8. 

March 

9. 

March 

15. 

March 

18. 

March 

29. 

March 

30. 

April 

12. 

April 

13. 

April 

19. 

May 

10. 

May 

11. 

May 

17. 

June 

5. 

June 

7. 

June 

8. 

June 

12. 

June 

15. 

September 

13. 

September 

14. 

September 

14. 

September 

15. 

Staff  Meeting 

Pupils  return  after  Summer  Vacation 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

School  begins 

Matrons'  Meeting  (All  Matrons) 

Staff  Meeting 
Columbus  Day  holiday 
Executive  Committee  Meeting 
Staff  Reception  Director's  Residence 
Matrons'  Meeting   (Lower  School) 

Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation 
Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 
Matrons'  Meeting  (Girls'  Upper  School) 
Thanksgiving  Day  Week-end. 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Christmas  Concert 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Boys'  Upper  School) 

Cottage  Christmas  Parties 

Christmas  Concert 

Christmas  Concert 

Beginning  Christmas  Vacation 

Pupils  and  Staff  return  from  vacation 

School  begins 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting   (All  Matrons) 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 
Matrons'  Meeting  (Lower  School) 
Washington's  Birthday  Week-end. 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Girls'  Upper  School) 

Pupils  leave  for  Easter  Vacation  after  classes 

Pupils  return  from  Easter  Vacation 

School  begins 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting  (Boys'  Upper  School) 

Staff  Meeting 

Executive  Committee  Meeting 

Matrons'  Meeting   (All  Matrons) 

Alumnae  Day 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Alumni  Day 

Graduation  Day 

Staff  Meeting 

Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
Pupils  Return  from  Summer  Vacation 
School  begins 


PERKINS  INSTITUTION 

HISTORY 

IN  1826  Dr.  John  D.  Fisher  returned  to  Boston  from  Paris  resolved  to  provide  for 
the  blind  of  Massachiisetts  the  same  care  afforded  them  in  France.  Enlisting 
the  aid  of  friends,  a  committee  was  formed  and  upon  petition  to  the  Legislature 
an  Act  of  Incorporation  was  granted  on  March  2,  1829,  establishing  "The  New  England 
Asylum  for  the  Blind,"  the  first  school  in  America  for  those  without  sight.  In  1831 
Dr.  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  just  returned  from  participation  in  the  Greek  wars,  was 
elected  the  first  director,  and  in  August,  1832,  the  first  classes  were  held  in  the  house 
of  Dr.  Howe's  father  on  Pleasant  Street. 

During  the  early  years  Col.  Thomas  H.  Perkins  became  interested  in  the  little 
school  and  gave  for  its  use  his  large  house  on  Pearl  Street.  The  need  for  larger  quarters 
was  soon  apparent,  and  in  1839  the  great  hotel  in  South  Boston  was  purchased.  This 
purchase  was  made  possible  by  the  assent  of  Colonel  Perkins  to  the  sale  of  the  house 
that  he  had  given  to  the  School.  Because  of  this  magnanimous  attitude  of  Colonel 
Perkins  the  Trustees  renamed  the  school  "Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts 
Asylum  for  the  Blind."  This  name  was  changed  in  1877  to  the  present  name,  "Perkins 
Institution  and  Massachusetts   School  for  the  Blind." 

Dr.  Howe  directed  the  growing  work  of  Perkins  Institution  for  forty  years  and 
was  succeeded  in  1876  by  his  Greek  protege  and  son-in-law,  Michael  Anagnos.  Mr. 
Anagnos  created  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  for  publishing  embossed  books  and  for 
the  manufacture  of  appliances  for  education  of  the  blind.  In  1887  he  founded  the 
Kindergarten  in  Jamaica  Plain,  the  first  school  in  the  world  for  little  blind  children. 
After  thirty  years  of  leadership  Mr.  Anagnos  died  in  Rumania  in   1906. 

In  1907  the  directorship  of  Perkins  Institution  fell  to  Edward  E.  Allen,  head  of 
the  school  for  the  blind  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  had  just  rebuilt  the  school  plant 
on  a  garden  site  outside  of  the  city.  Coming  to  Boston,  Mr.  AUen  began  plans  for 
a  new  Perkins,  and  in  1912  the  Institution  and  in  1913  the  Kindergarten  were  housed 
in  the  beautiful  new  plant  at  Watertown.  These  buildings,  situated  on  an  old  estate 
of  thirty-four  acres  on  the  banks  of  the  Charles  River,  have  school  and  residence 
facilities  for  nearly  three  hundred  pupils.  Dr.  Allen  retired  in  1931.  His  last  oflScial 
act  was  to  write  the  one  hundredth  annual  report.  Thus  for  a  century  Perkins  Institu- 
tion had  but  three  directors. 

PURPOSE 

Perkins  Institution  provides  for  the  visually  handicapped  youth  of  New  England 
full  educational  opportunity  from  Kindergarten  through  High  School.  The  content 
of  instruction  corresponds  with  that  offered  to  seeing  boys  and  girls  in  the  public 
schools.  The  methods  of  instruction  of  necessity  differ.  Principal  differences  are 
that  embossed  books  take  the  place  of  ink  print,  and  studies  are  taught  objectively. 
In  the  adaptation  and  invention  of  means  of  instructing  the  blind,  Perkins  has  been 
a  pioneer  through  its  century  of  existence.  Much  attention  is  paid  to  physical  and 
manual  training  and  to  music.  Opportunity  is  provided  for  those  qualified  to  pursue 
higher  studies  or  take  advanced  work  in  music  and  vocational  fields. 

Boys  and  girls  without  sight  or  with  insufficient  sight  to  read  ink-print  are  ad- 
mitted as  pupils,  if  capable  of  education  and  in  good  health.  While  at  the  school  pupils 
reside  in  cottages  where  the  teachers  also  live,  and  through  this  association  they  acquire 
that  unconscious  tuition  which  is  such  an  important  part  of  the  program  of  socializa- 
tion. The  primary  aim  of  Perkins  Institution  is  to  qualify  its  visually  handicapped 
pupils  to  take  contributory  places  in  normal  life.  New  pupils  are  admitted  in  September 
and  February,  and  all  pupils  must  return  to  their  homes  for  the  short  vacations  at 
Christmas   and   Easter  and  for  the  long  vacation   in   the  summer. 


PAST  OFFICERS 


PRESIDENTS 


1830-1837,  Jonathan  Phillips 
1838-1839,  Samuel  Appleton 
1840-1846,  Peter  C.  Brooks 
1847-1854,  Richard  Fletcher 
1855-1861,  Edward  Brooks 
1861-1869,  Samuel  May 


1870-1871,  Martin  Brimmer 
1872-1897,  Samuel  Eliot 
1898-1930,  Francis  H.  Appleton 
1930-1946,  Robert  H.  Hallowell 
1946-  Reginald  Fitz,  M.D. 


VICE-PRESIDENTS 


1830-1834,  William  Calhoun 
1835-1846,  Thomas  H.  Perkins 
1847-1850,  Edward  Brooks 
1851-1852,  John  D.  Fisher 
1852-1866,  Stephen  Fairbanks 
1867-1870,  Joseph  Lyman 
1871-1892,  John  Cummings 


1893-1896,  George  Hale 
1897-1911,  Amory  a.  Lawrence 
1912-1913,  N.  P.  Hallowell 
1914-1921,  George  H.  Richards 
1922-1929,  William  L.  Richardson 
1930-1946,  G.  Peabody  Gardner 
1946-  Ralph  Lowell 


TREASURERS 


1830-1839,  Richard  Tucker 
1840-1846,  Peter  R.  Dalton 
1847-1861,  Thomas  B.  Wales 
1862-1868,  William  Claflin 
1869-1872,  William  Endicott 
1873-1879,  Henry  Endicott 
1880-1881,  Patrick  T.  Jackson 


1881-1902,  Edward  Jackson 
1903-1904,  Patrick  T.  Jackson 
1904-1916,  William  Endicott 
1917-1935,  Albert   Thorndike 
1935-1945,  Roger  Amory 
1945-  John  P.  Chase 


SECRETARIES  AND  DIRECTORS 


1831-1876,  Samuel  Gridley  Howe 
1876-1906,  Michael  Anagnos 


1907-1931,  Edward  E.  Allen 
1931-  Gabriel  Farrell 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION 

1947-1948 

PRESIDENT 
Reginald  Fitz,  M.D. 

VICE-PRESIDENT  TREASURER 

Ralph  Lowell  John  P.  Chase 

SECRETARY  ASSISTANT  TREASURER 

Gabriel  Farrell  Howard  Whitmore,  Jr. 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

David  Cheever,  Jr.  Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D. 

Rev.  John  J.  Connolly*  Daniel  J.  Lyne* 

Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson  Warren  Motley 

Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.  Mrs.  Henry  Parkman,  Jr.* 

Mrs.  Homer  Gage  Richard  Saltonstall 

Robert  H.  Hallowell  Cameron  S.  Thompson* 

STANDING  COMMITTEES 
Executive  Finance 

Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.,  President,  John  P.  Chase,  Treasurer, 

ex  officio  ex  officio 

John  P.  Chase,  Treasurer,  ex  officio      Robert  H.  Hallowell 
Gabriel  Farrell,  Secretary,  Ralph  Lowell 

ex  officio      Richard  Saltonstall 
Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson 
Robert  H.  Hallowell 
Daniel  J.  Lyne     Warren  Motley 

SUB-COMMITTEES 
Appointed  by  the  Executive  Committee 
Education  Health 

Henry  W.  Holmes,  LL.D.  Reginald  Fitz,  M.D. 

Robert  H.  Hallowell  Mrs.  Homer  Gage 

Rev.  John  J.  Connolly  Mrs.  Henry  Parkman,  Jr. 

MONTHLY  VISITING  COMMITTEE 

Whose  duty  it  is  to  visit  and  inspect  the  Institution  at  least  once  in  each  month 

January    Warren  Motley  June  Robert  H.  Hallowell 

February  Reginald  Fitz,  M.D.  September  Mrs.  Homer  Gage 

March       Henry  W.Holmes,  LL.D.  October     Mrs.  Henry  Parkman 

April         David  Cheever,  Jr.  November  Daniel  J.  Lyne 

May  Richard  Saltonstall  December  Mrs.  R.  E.  Danielson 

LADIES'  VISITING  COMMITTEE  TO  THE  KINDERGARTEN 

Mrs.  Frederick  J.  Alley  Mrs.  Algernon  Coolidge 

Miss  Andree  Cassels  Mrs.  Alfred  Kidder,  2d 

Honorary  Members 
t  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson  Mrs.  Maud  Howe  Elliott 

•Appointed   by  the   Governor  of  the   Commonwealth. 


OFFICERS  OF  ADMINISTRATION 

DIRECTOR 
GABRIEL  FARRELL,  B.S.,  B.D.,  D.D. 

DIRECTOR-EMERITUS 
EDWARD   E.  ALLEN,  A.B.,  D.Sc. 

OFFICE 
J.  Stephenson  Hemphill,  B.S.,  M.B.A.,  Bursar 

Catherine  S.  Benson  Ethel  L.  Mackenzie 

Secretary  to  the  Director  Bookkeeper 

Alice  E.  Dougher 
Verna  L.  Anderson  Assistant 

Secretary  to  the  Bursar  Beverley  Havener 

Assistant 
Mrs.  Helen  C.  Grant  Frank  H.  Greene! 

Secretary  to  the  Principal  Telephone  Operator 

Mrs.  Olive  W.  Putnam,  Receptionist* 

LIBRARY 

Mary  Esther  Sawter,  Librarian 

Florence  J.  Worth,  Circulation         Marion  A.  Woodworth,  Reference 

DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH 

Victor  G.  Balboni,  M.D.,  Attending  Physician 

Marjorie  Potter,  R.N.,  Resident  Nurse 

Trygve  Gundersen,  M.D.  Reinhold  Ruelberg,  D.M.D. 
Joseph  M.  Clough,  M.D.  Dentist  for  the  Lower  School 

Ophthalmologists  Mark  D.  Elliott,  D.D.S. 
Herbert  Barry,  Jr.,  M.D.  Dentist  for  the  Upper  School 

Psychiatrist  Frank  R.  Ober,  M.D. 

„  , ,  _  Orthopedic  Surgeon 

Allan  M  Butler,  M.D.  Charles  L  Johnson,  M.D. 

Pediatrician  Otologist 

Henry  R.  Viets,  M.D.  Francis  R.  Dieuaide,  M.D. 

Neurologist  Syphilologist 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PERSONNEL  AND  RESEARCH 
Samuel  P.  Hayes,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Psychologist 

Frances  E.  Marshall  Mrs.  Sina  F.  Waterhouse, 

Social  Worker  A.B.,  M.A-f 

E.  Jane  Smith,  B.S.  M.  Albertina  Eastman,  B.S.f 
Psychometrist  Speech  Correction 

Shirlie  L.  Smith,  R.P.T.T.  Mrs.  Joan  B.  Smith 
Physiotherapist  Secretary 

DEPARTMENT  OF  MAINTENANCE 

Nelson  Coon  Maurice  J.  Carroll 

Buildings  and  Grounds  Chief  Engineer 

♦Employed  part  time.  tVisually  handicapped. 

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UPPER  SCHOOL  STAFF 

Allan  W.  Sherman,  A.B.,  M.A.,  Principal 
Alice  M.  Carpenter,  A.B.,  M.A.,  D.Ped.,  Dean  of  Girls 

COLLEGE  PREPARATORY  AND  LITERARY  DEPARTMENTS 

Florence  W.  Barbour,  A.B.  Christos  C.  Pappas,  B.S. 

MoLLiE  Cambridge,  A.B.  Claudia  Potter,  A.B. 

John  P.  Egan,  B.S.f  Clara  L.  Pratt 

Gertrude  S.  Harlow!  Elsie  H.  Simonds,  A.B, 

Genevieve  M.  Haven,  A.B.,  Ed.M.  Grin  A.  Stone,  B.S.,  B.D.,  M.A. 

Armand  J.  MiCHAUD,  A.B,,  M,A.t  Edw,  J,  Waterhouse,  B.A.,  M.A. 

Benjamin  F.  Smith,  A.B.,  M.A.f  Beatrice  F.  Pinkham,  B.S. 
Physical  Education  Physical  Education 

MUSIC  DEPARTMENT 
Paul  L.  Bauguss 
Edward  W.  Jenkins,  F.T.C.L.f  George  Faulkner,  F,T,C.L.* 

Mrs.  Marjorie  A.  Carr  Louise  Seymour 

Elizabeth  C.  Hart 

COMMERCIAL  DEPARTMENT 
Mary  H.  Ferguson  Mrs.  Vesta  V,  Coon,  A,B. 

VOCATIONAL  DEPARTMENT 
Leo  V.  Gittzus,  B,S,,  M,A. 
Susan  M.  Brooks  Frances  L.  McGaw 

Walter  P.  Carr  Caroline  H.  Gray,  A.B. 

Sidney  B.  DurfeeI  Janet  H,  Chick,  B.S. 

Pianoforte  Tuning  Home  Economics 

MATRONS  OF  COTTAGES 

Mrs.  Sarah  M.  Keith,  Eliot  Mrs.  Ruth  Geer,  Fisher 

Mrs.  Mary  L.  Hunt,  Bridgman  Mrs.  Pearl  Gosling,  Brooks 

Miss  Laura  Tripp,  Tompkins  Mrs.  Nellie  E.  H.  Hamill,  May 

Mrs.  Frieda  Jablonske,  Moulton  Miss  Stella  S.  Eldridge,  Oliver 

DEPARTMENT  OF  TEACHER  TRAINING 

Dr.  Edward  E.  Allen 
Lecturer,  Graduate  School  of  Education,  Harvard  University 
Dr.  Gabriel  Farrell  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Hayes 

Lecturer,   Graduate  School  of  Consulting  Psychologist,  American 

Education,   Harvard   University  Foundation  for  the  Blind 

♦Employed   part  time.  tVisually  handicapped. 


LOWER  SCHOOL  STAFF 

PRIMARY 

Ethel  D.  Evans  Mrs.  Jessie  W.  Mayshark 

Patricia  Vogel,  B.S.  Caroline  Peters 

Shirley  A.  Drucker,  B.A.,  M.A.        Anthony  Ackerman,  A.B.f 

KINDERGARTEN 

Mary  Frances  Davies,  B.S.  Susan  E.  Morse 

Feodore  M.  Nicholls  Helena  M.  Drake! 

Evelyn  Kaufman,  A.B.f  Betty  NYEf 

Harriet  M.  PniLLiPsf  Marion  Hosken,  A.B. 

Linda  Mosher,  B.A. 

SPECIAL  TEACHERS 

Eleanor  W.  Thayer,  A.B.,  Music       Margaret  A.  McKenzie,! 
Mrs.  Perley  C.  White,  Music  Handicrafts 

Bertha  Feinberg,  A.B.,  Visual  Aid      Margaret  Miller,!  Librartan 

Gertrude  D.  Seibert,  B.S., 

Recreation 

MATRONS  OF  COTTAGES 

Mrs.  Margaret  Fairvi^eather,  Mrs.  Margaret  Luf,  Glover 

Potter  Mrs.  Laura  B.  Eldridge,  Assistant   , 

Mrs.  Cora  Dole,  Assistant  Ethel  M.  Goodwin,  Bradlee 

Mrs.  Janet  G.  Hancock,  Anagnos  mrs.  Florence  B.  Robison, 
Gladys  Pothier,!  Assistant  Assistant 

DEAF-BLIND  DEPARTMENT 
Mrs.  N.  Maurine  Gittzus,  A.B.,  M.A. 
Madge  Dolph  Judith  G.  Silvester 

Joseph  E.  Jablonske!  Margaret  Hayman! 

IvA  E.  Comstock  Leo  F.  Queenan! 

WORKSHOP  FOR  ADULTS 
Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager  Emily  V.  S.  Ramsay,  Clerk 

HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS 

Frank  C.  Bryan,  Manager 

Edward  J.  Waterhouse,  B.A.,  M.A. 

David  Abraham  John  P.  Egan,  B.S.f  Mary  L.  Tully,  Clerk 

♦Employed  part   time.  tVisually   handicapped. 

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MEMBERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION 


AUbright,   Clifford,   Boston 

Allen,  Edward  E.,  Cambridge 

Allen,  Mrs.  Edward  E.,  Cambridge 

Allen,  Hon.   Frank   G.,  Boston 

Allen,  Philip  R.,  Waipole 

Allen,   Mrs.    Philip    R.,    Waipole 

Alley.    Mrs.    Frederick    J.,    Boston 

Amory,    Robert,    Boston 

Amory,   Roger,   Boston 

Anderson,    Mrs.    Larz,    Brookline 

Appleton,    Francis    Henry,    Brookline 

Appleton,  Mrs.   Francis  Henry,  Brookline 

Bacon,    Hon.    Caspar    G.,    Dedham 

Ballantine,  Arthur  A.,  New  York 

Bancroft,    Miss    Eleanor    C,    Beverly 

Bartol,  Mrs.   John  W.,  Boston 

Barton,   George  Sumner,  Worcester 

Bayne,   Mrs.   William,   3d,   Westwood 

Beach,  Rev.  David  N.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Beatley,   Prof.   Ralph,   Cambridge 

Belash,    Constantine   A.,    Boston 

Belash,   Mrs.   Constantine  A.,   Boston 

Bird,   Miss   Ann,   East   Waipole 

Bird,  Mrs.   Francis   W.,   East  Waipole 

Blake,    Fordyce    T.,    Worcester 

Boardman.  Mrs.   E.  A.,  Boston 

Boyden,    Charles,   Boston 

Boyden,  Mrs.  Charles,   Boston 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Arthur  H.,  Cambridge 

Brooks,    Gorham,    Boston 

Brooks,   Lawrence   G.,   West  Medford 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Lawrence  G.,  West  Medford 

Brown,  Mrs.  Charles  R.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Bullard,  Miss  Ellen  T.,  Boston 

Bullock.   Chandler,  Worcester 

Burr,  I.  Tucker,  Jr.,   Boston 

Cabot,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Peterboro,  N.  H. 

Camp,  Mrs.   Edward   C,   Watertown 

Carter,  Richard  B.,  West  Newton 

Carter,  Mrs.  Richard  B.,  West  Newton 

Case,  Hon.  Norman  S.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Case,  Mrs.  Norman  S.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Cassels,  Miss  Andree,  Boston 

Chase,  John  P.,   Boston 

Cheever,  David,  Jr.,  Millis 

Choate,   Robert  B.,   Boston 

Claus,    Henry    T.,    Wilmington    Del. 

Clifford,   John   H.,   New   Bedford 

Coffin.   Mrs.   Rockwell  A.,   Harwichport 

Connolly,   Rev.    John   J.,   Framingham 

Coolidge,   Mrs.    Algernon,   Boston 

Coolidge,    William   A.,    Boston 

Cotting,    Charles    E.,    Boston 

Crapo,  Henry  H.,  New  Bedford 

Crowninshield,    Francis    B.,    Boston 

Cunningham,    Edward,    Boston 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Edward,  Jr.,  Boston 

Curtis,  Charles  P.,  Jr.,  Boston 

Curtis,   James  F.,   Roslyn,  N.   Y. 

Curtis,  Louis,   Boston 

Curtis,  Richard  C,   Boston 

Cutler,   George  C,   Dedham 

Daley,    Mrs.    Francis    J.,    Somerville 

Danielson,   Richard   E.,   Boston 

Danielson,  Mrs.   Richard  E.,   Boston 

Day,  Mrs.  Frank  A.,  Newton 

Denny,    Dr.    George   P.,    Boston 

Dexter,  Miss  Harriett,  Boston 

Dolan,  William  G.,  Boston 

Dowd,   Mrs.   John   F.,   Roxbury 

Draper,   Eben   S.,   Hopedale 

Drury,  Theodore  F.,  Weston 

Dutton,  Mrs.  George  D.,  Waipole 

Eliot,  Amory,  Boston 

Elliott,  Mrs.  Maud  Howe,  Newport,  R.  I. 


Emmons,  Mrs.  Robert  W.,  Boston 

Endicott,    Henry,    Boston 

Farrell,  Gabriel,  Watertown 

FarreU,  Mrs.   Gabriel,   Watertown 

Faxon,  Henry  H.,  M.  D.,   Brookline 

Fay,   Mrs.    Dudley    B.,    Boston 

Fenno,  Mrs.   L.    C,   Boston 

Fitz,  Reginald,  M.  D.,  Brookline 

Fitz,   Mrs.   Reginald,    Brookline 

Ford,   Lawrence  A.,   Beverly 

Foster,    Mrs.    Reginald,    Boston 

Fox,  Miss   Edith   M.,   Arlington 

French,  Miss  M.  Eunice,  Providence,  R.  L 

Frothingham,  Mrs.  L.  A.,  North  Easton 

Fuller,  George  F.,   Worcester 

Gage,    Mrs.    Homer,    Worcester 

Gage,  Miss  Mabel  C.,  Worcester 

Gale,   Lyman   W.,   Boston 

Gardiner,    John    H.,    Brookline 

Gardner,   G.   Peabody,   Brookline 

Gaskill,  George  A.,  Worcester 

Gaskins,    Frederick    A.,    Milton 

Gaylord,  Emerson  C,   Chicopee 

Gilbert,    Carl    J.,    Needham 

Gilbert,  William  E.,   Springfield 

Gleason,  Miss  EUen  H.,  Jamaica  Plain 

Grandin,   Mrs.   Isabella,    Boston 

Gray,   Francis   C,   Boston 

Gray,   Roland,    Boston 

Greenough,   Mrs.   Henry  V..    Brookline 

Greenough,   Malcolm    W.,    Boston 

Griswold,   Merrill,   Boston 

Gundersen,   Dr.   Trygve,   Brookline 

Gundersen,   Mrs.   Trygve,   Brookline 

Hall,    Miss    Minna    B.,    Brookline 

Hallowell,  Richard  P.,  2d,   Boston 

Hallowell,    Robert   H.,    Dedham 

Hallowell,   Mrs.   Robert   H.,   Dedham 

Hallowell,   Robert   H.,   Jr.,   Dover 

Hallowell,  Mrs.  Robert  H.,  Jr.,  Dover 

Harris,  Rev.  John  U.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Hayden,  J.   Willard,   Lexington 

Hayden,  Mrs.  J.  WLllard,  Lexington 

Hemenway,   Mrs.   Augustus,   Milton 

Herter,    Christian   A.,   Boston 

Higginson,   Francis   L.,   Boston 

Hill.   Alfred   S..   Somerville 

Hill,   Arthur  D.,   Boston 

Hinds,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Boston 

Holmes,  Dr.  Henry  W..  Cambridge 

Howe,    James    C,    Boston 

Hubbard,  Mrs.  Charles  W.,  3d,  Brookline 

Humbert,    Miss    W.    R.,    Boston 

Hunnewell,   Walter,   Boston 

Hunt,    James    R.,    Jr.,    Boston 

lasigi.  Miss  Marie  V.,  Boston 

Jackson,   Charles,   Jr.,   Boston 

Jackson,    Mrs.    James,    Westwood 

Jeffries.  J.  Amory,  Boston 

Johnson,  Arthur  S.,  Boston 

Kidder,   Mrs.  Alfred,   2d,   Cambridge 

Kidder,   Mrs.    Henry   P.,   Meadville,    Pa. 

King,    Mrs.    James    G.,    Cambridge 

Lamb,  Mrs.  Horatio  A.,  Boston 

Lamb,  Miss  Rosamond,  Boston 

Latimer,  Mrs.   G.  D.,  Brookline 

Law^rence,  Mrs.  A.  A.,   Brookline 

Lawrence,  Rev.  Frederic  C,  Brookline 

Lawrence,  John   S.,  Boston 

Lawrence,  Rt.  Rev.  W.  Appleton,  Springfield 

Leavitt,   Rev.   Ashley  D.,   Brookline 

Ley,  Harold  A.,  New  York 

Lincoln,  Mrs.  George  C,  Worcester 

Lovering,  Richard  S.,  Hoffman,  N.  C. 

Lovett,  Miss  Eeanor  H.,  New  London,  N.H. 


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Lowell,    James    H.,   Boston 

Lowell,  Miss   Lucy,   Boston 

Lowell,  Ralph,   Boston 

Lyman,  Mrs.  Arthur  T.,  Westwood 

Lyman,   Mrs.   Ronald   T.,    Boston 

Lyne,   Daniel  J.,   Chestnut  Hill 

MacPhie,  Mrs.  Elmore  I.,  West  Newton 

Maliotis,    Charles,    Boston 

Mason,   Mrs.   Andrew,   Brookline 

Mason,    Charles    E.,    Jr.,    Boston 

Mayo-Smith,   Richmond,   Dedham 

McElwain,    R.    Franklin,    Holyoke 

Merrill,   Rev.   Boynton,   Columbus,   Ohio 

Merriman,  Mrs.  E.  Bruce,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Merriman,  Mrs.   Roger  B.,   Cambridge 

Minot,   James   J.,  Boston 

Monks,  Rev.  G.  Gardner,  Washington,  D.C. 

Montagu,  Mrs.  H.   B.,  England 

Morison,    Samuel   Eliot,    Cambridge 

Motley,   Edward,    Concord 

Motley,    Warren,    Boston 

Myers,   Mrs.   John    W.,    Boston 

Osgood,   Phillips   E.,  Winter  Park,  Fla. 

Parker,    William    A.,    Boston 

Parker,  W.  Stanley,  Boston 

Parkman,    Henry,    Jr.,    Boston 

Parkman,  Mrs.  Henry,  Jr.,  Boston 

Partridge,    Fred   F.,   Holyoke 

Peabody,    Harold,    Boston 

Perkins,  Mrs.   Charles   B.,   Jamaica  Plain 

Perkins,  Rev.  Palfrey,  Boston 

Pierce,  Roger,  Milton 

Pool,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  New  York  City 

Pratt,  George  D.,  Springfield 

Proctor,   James   H.,  Boston 

Prouty,  Robert  M.,  Hingham 

Prouty,   Mrs.   Robert  M.,   Hingham 

Putnam,  Mrs.  Eliot  T.,  Jr.,  Dedham 

Putnam,   Mrs.    George   T.,   Dedham 

Rantoul,   Neal,   Boston 

Rice,  John  C,  Boston 

Richards,   Henry   H.,    Groton 

Richards,    John,    Concord.    N.   H. 

Richards,  Tudor,  Groton 

Richardson,  John,  Milton 

Richardson,  Mrs.  John,  Milton 

Robinson,   George  F.,   Watertown 


Rogers,  Mrs.  Robert  E.,  Cambridge 

Rogerson,  Francis   C,  Duxbury 

Saltonstall,  Hon.  Leverett,  Chestnut  Hill 

Saltonstall,  Mrs.  Leverett,  Chestnut  Hill 

Saltonstall,   Richard,   Boston 

Sears,  Seth,  Brewster 

Shattuck,    Henry   L.,    Boston 

Shaw,  Mrs.   Carleton  A.,   Weston 

Sherrill,  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  K.,  New  York  City 

Sims,  Mrs.   William   S.,  Boston 

Slater.  Mrs.  H.  N.,  New  York 

Snow,  Mrs.  William  G.,  Newton  Centre 

Stafford,  Rev.  Russell  H.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Stinson,  Mrs.  James,  Worcester 

Sturgis,  R.  Clipston,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Sturgis,  S.  Warren,  Boston 

SuUivan,   Mrs.   James  A.,   Boston 

Thayer,  John   E.,  Milton 

Theopold,  Philip  H.,  Dedham 

Thomas,  Mrs.  John  B.,  Boston 

Thompson,  Cameron  S  ,  Boston 

Thorndike,    Albert,    Milton 

Thorndike,   Benjamin   A.   G.,  Dedham 

Thorndike,   Miss   Rosanna  D.,   Boston 

Tifft.  Eliphalet  T.,  Springfield 

Tilden,    Miss    Alice    F.,    Boston 

Tilden,  Miss  Edith  S.,  Boston 

Todd,  Francis  B.,  New  York  City 

Underwood,    Herbert    S.,    Winchester 

Van  Norden,  Mrs.  Grace  C,  Pittsfield 

Vaughan,  Miss   Bertha  H.,   Cambridge 

Vaughan,  MiSs  Margaret  I.,  Haddonfield  ,N.J. 

Wadsworth,    Eliot,    Boston 

Washburn,  Mrs.   Frederick  A.,   Boston 

Washburn,  Rev.   Henry  B.,   Cambridge 

Watson,  Mrs.  Thomas  A.,  Boston 

Wendell,  William  G.,  West  Hartford,  Conn. 

WhittaU,   Matthew   P.,   Worcester 

Wiggins,  Mrs.  Charles,  2d,  Gardiner,  Maine 

Wiggins,  John,  Alden,   Pa. 

Wiggins,   Mrs.   John,   Alden,   Pa. 

Wilder,   Charles   P.,   Worcester 

Wolcott,   Roger,    Boston 

Wright,    George  R.,    Cambridge 

Wright,  Miss  Lucy,  Boston 

Young,  B.  Loring,  Weston 

Zeilinski,   John,    Holyoke 


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SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ANNUAL 
MEETING  OF  THE  CORPORATION 


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Watertown,  Massachusetts 
November  3,  1947 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation,  duly  summoned,  was 
held  today  at  the  Institution,  and  was  called  to  order  by  the  Presi- 
dent, Dr.  Reginald  Fitz,  at  3  P.  M. 

The  Proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  annual  reports  of  the  Trustees  and  the  Director  were  ac- 
cepted and  ordered  to  be  printed,  with  the  addition  of  other  matters 
of  general  interest  to  the  work. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  was  presented,  accepted  and  or- 
dered to  be  printed,  together  with  the  certificate  of  the  Certified 
Public  Accountant. 

It  was  then 

Voted,  That  acts  and  expenditures,  made  and  authorized  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  or  by  any  committee  appointed  by  said  Board 
of  Trustees,  during  the  last  corporate  year,  be  and  are  hereby 
ratified  and  confirmed. 

It  was  further 

Voted,  That  the  nomination  of  the  Finance  Committee  and  the 
appointment  by  the  Trustees  of  Barrow,  Wade,  Guthrie  &  Com- 
pany, Certified  Public  Accountants  as  Auditors  of  the  accounts  of 
the  Institution  be  and  are  hereby  ratified  and  confirmed. 

The  Corporation  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  for 
the  ensuing  year,  and  the  following  persons  were  unanimously 
elected  by  ballot :  President,  Reginald  Fitz,  M.  D. ;  Vice-President, 
Ralph  Lowell;  Treasurer,  John  P.  Chase;  Secretary,  Gabriel  Far- 
rell;  Trustees,  David  Cheever,Jr.,  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Danielson,  Regi- 
nald Fitz,  M.  D.,  Mrs.  Homer  Gage,  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  Henry 
W.  Holmes,  LL.D.,  Warren  Motley,  and  Richard  Saltonstall. 

The  following  persons  were  elected  members  of  the  Corpora- 
tion: Rev.  E.  W.  Anderson,  Mr.  Alfred  H.  Avery,  Rt.  Rev.  Nor- 
man B.  Nash,  D.  D„  Rev.  Walter  Sillen  and  Mrs.  Henry  D.  Tudor. 

Reference  was  made  in  the  President's  report  to  the  loss  sus- 
tained by  Perkins  through  the  death  of  the  late  John  Montgomery 
who  for  twenty-eight  years  had  served  as  auditor  of  accounts.  To 
replace  him  the  Trustees  had  appointed  the  firm  of  Barrow,  Wade, 
Guthrie  &  Company,  and  their  reappointment  was  confirmed  by  the 
above  vote  of  the  Corporation. 

The  Treasurer  reported  that  the  new  auditors  have  made  a 
number  of  recommendations  for  changes  in  the  accounting  system, 

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which  he  is  referring  to  the  Trustees  for  consideration.  At  the  be- 
ginning of  this  year,  the  Treasurer  reported,  he  had  made  some 
changes  in  the  bookkeeping  system,  whereby  the  following  Reserve 
Funds  were  set  up:  Administrative  Account;  Income  Account;  De- 
preciation Account;  and  an  account  for  Undistributed  Gain  or  Loss 
on  Securities  Sold.  Under  this  plan  the  Trustees  had  authorized 
the  distribution  of  income  on  the  book  value  of  investments  at  a 
4.4%  ratio  for  the  past  fiscal  year.  The  new  recommendations  made 
by  the  auditors  included  plans  to  merge  for  investment  purposes 
certain  funds,  to  set  up  a  plant  account  and  to  make  some  changes 
in  the  methods  of  distributing  costs,  which  would  simplify  the 
accounting. 

As  the  Trustees  were  to  hold  a  special  meeting  following  the 
meeting  of  the  Corporation  to  consider  the  above  suggestions,  no 
further  program  was  planned,  but  members  of  the  Corporation,  not 
Trustees,  were  invited  to  visit  about  the  school  after  adjournment. 

The  meeting  was  then  dissolved. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

GABRIEL  FARRELL,  Secretary. 


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REPORT  OF  THE  TRUSTEES 

November  3,  1947. 

ON  BEHALF  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  the  following  report  for 
the  year  1947  is  hereby  submitted. 

A  year  ago  the  President  commented  on  the  increasing  costs 
of  the  educational  system  adopted  at  Perkins,  pointing  out  that  its 
per  capita  rate  had  almost  trebled  over  a  thirty-year  span ;  he  issued 
warning  that  expenses,  in  the  near  future,  were  likely  to  rise  still 
further;  and  in  commenting  on  the  budget  for  the  year  1946-1947, 
he  said  that  a  large  operating  deficit  appeared  inevitable. 

To  offset  this  to  a  certain  extent,  the  Trustees  voted  to  increase 
the  tuition  charge  from  $600.  to  $800.  and  subsequently  have  made 
every  effort  to  keep  operating  costs  as  reasonable  as  possible  with- 
out lowering  standards ;  yet  during  the  past  year  the  costs  of  living 
have  continued  to  expand.  A  carefully  constructed  budget  for  the 
year  1947-48  has  resulted  in  an  estimated  total  expense  to  the  In- 
stitution of  $486,985,  a  figure  nearly  $42,000  higher  than  was  es- 
timated for  last  year,  which  indicates  that  once  more  Perkins 
faces  an  annual  operating  deficit  of  considerable  size. 

These  figures  are  quoted  to  reveal  our  present  financial  straits. 
The  Institution  needs  new  funds  as  urgently  now  as  ever  before. 
Scarcely  no  greater  appeal  can  exist  than  a  chance  of  helping  chil- 
dren with  faulty  vision  to  overcome,  to  best  possible  advantage,  the 
handicap  of  deficient  eyesight.  The  Trustees  hope  this  appeal  will 
be  well  met. 

During  the  past  year  the  work  of  the  Institution  has  gone  for- 
ward along  usual  lines.  Not  only  has  the  active  teaching  program 
progressed  satisfactorily  but  also  Perkins  has  contributed  by  re- 
search in  helping  to  make  the  world  brighter  for  persons  who  can 
see  but  dimly.  The  titles  of  a  few  of  the  publications  of  members 
of  the  staff  serve  to  illustrate  certain  of  the  contributions  that  have 
been  made.  Dr.  Farrell  has  written  an  important  article  on  "Blind- 
ness in  the  United  States"  for  the  Social  Work  Year  Book  published 
by  the  Russell  Sage  Foundation,  Miss  Frances  E.  Marshall  of  the  De- 
partment of  Personnel  and  Research  has  discussed  "Group  Work  with 
Parents,"  and  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Hayes  of  the  Department  of  Teacher 
Training  has  described  "Development  of  Mental  Tests  for  the 
Blind  Pre-School  Child,"  both  speaking  at  the  National  Conference 
on  Blind  Pre-School  Children  held  in  New  York  last  winter.  From 
the  Howe  Memorial  Press,  Mr.  Waterhouse's  article  "Writing 
Large  and  Small  Numbers  in  Braille"  appeared  in  the  March,  1947 
number  of  the  "Outlook  for  the  Blind."  Many  other  titles  could 
be  added ;  we  have  a  zealous  Staff  eager  to  make  progress. 

The  current  school  year  opened  with  243  pupils — 15  pupils  less 
than  a  year  ago.    As  usual,  they  come  chiefly  from  Massachusetts 

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(131),  the  other  New  England  states  (Maine  30,  New  Hampshire 
16,  Vermont  12,  Rhode  Island  24),  but  they  also  include  two  from 
Greece  and  one  from  Porto  Rico  as  well  as  27  from  states  out- 
side of  New  England.  Clearly,  we  continue  to  be  a  school  with  a 
national  and  international  reputation. 

The  buildings  and  grounds  have  been  well  maintained  and  one 
needed  improvement  has  been  made.  The  shower  rooms  for  both 
boys  and  girls  have  been  effectively  modernized  by  new  plumbing, 
tiling  and  lighting. 

The  Trustees  have  authorized  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  to 
proceed  with  the  making  of  Braille  Writers,  half  of  the  cost  of 
their  production  being  met  by  the  American  Foundation  for  the 
Blind.  The  Trustees  also  have  authorized  the  Press,  when  expedi- 
ent, to  transfer  its  quarters  from  South  Boston  to  Watertown  where 
special  facilities  for  housing  have  been  made  through  an  extension 
of  the  Power  House. 

For  some  time  the  Trustees  have  realized  the  need  for  better 
Library  facilities.  A  few  months  ago,  a  special  committee  was 
appointed  to  study  this  problem.  The  Committee  was  comprised 
of  Dr.  Holmes  as  Chairman,  Mrs.  Danielson  and  Mr.  Hallowell  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  Mr.  K.  D.  Metcalf,  Librarian  of  Har- 
vard University  Library,  with  the  Director,  the  Treasurer,  and  the 
President  serving  ex-officiis.  This  Committee  has  made  a  valuable 
report  based  on  careful  study  which  the  Trustees  have  accepted. 
As  a  result  they  have  voted  to  authorize  the  construction  of  a  li- 
brary building  when  funds  are  available  and  when  building  condi- 
tions are  more  favorable.  The  Trustees  hope  that  the  time  to 
begin  this  project  is  not  too  far  distant. 

During  the  past  year  the  Institution  has  lost  by  death,  from  the 
Corporation,  Mrs.  Tarrant  P.  King,  Mr.  Charles  F.  Mason,  Mr. 
Bentley  W.  Warren,  and  Miss  Eliza  Orne  White;  from  the  Ladies 
Visiting  Committee  to  the  Kindergarten,  Mrs.  E.  Preble  Motley  and 
Miss  Eleanor  S.  Parker;  and  Mr.  John  Montgomery  who  acted  as 
auditor  of  our  accounts  for  twenty-eight  years.  Their  loss  is  felt 
keenly. 

The  Trustees  are  grateful  to  the  many  friends  who  have  helped 
to  make  the  past  twelve  months  successful  in  spite  of  the  difficulties 
of  the  times.  As  usual,  they  are  inexpressibly  indebted  to  Mr. 
Robert  H.  Hallowell  who,  though  affecting  the  title  of  President- 
Emeritus,  continues  to  keep  a  firm  hand  on  the  tiller;  to  the  staff; 
and  to  the  Director  whose  enthusiasm,  vigor  and  experience  grow 
more  valuable  each  year. 

Respectfully  submitted  for  the  Trustees, 

REGINALD  FITZ,  President. 


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From  around  the  World 
PUPILS  COME  to  Perkins. 

Nine  foreign  countries 

AND  seven  states 
REPRESENTED 


JUST  ARRIVED  FROM  GrEECE 


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REPORT  OF  THE  DIRECTOR 

November  3,  1947 

WITH  THE  WAR  well  behind  us  and  prospects  promising  for  bet- 
ter times,  the  year  began  with  high  hopes.  It  was  hard, 
however,  as  time  moved  on,  to  maintain  these  hopes.  The  problems 
which  had  confronted  us  in  the  past  were  still  with  us  this  year. 
Prices  continued  to  soar,  workers  were  difficult  to  secure  and  ma- 
terials hard  to  find.  Every  eifort  was  made,  however,  to  keep  Per- 
kins at  full  efficiency  and  to  give  our  boys  and  girls  the  training  and 
opportunity  to  which  they  are  entitled  as  pupils  in  this  school.  As 
a  result,  we  can  make  a  good  report.  The  staff  has  been  loyal  and  all 
have  been  ready  to  forego  some  of  the  things  we  hoped  for  and  to 
take  on  additional  responsibilities.  Thus  the  year  closed  with  a 
happy  feeling  of  good  results  and  a  readiness  to  face  another  year 
for  which  we  see  brighter  prospects. 

New  President  Elected 

The  report  for  the  year  which  began  fiscally  September  1  and 
academically  September  8,  1946  is  formally  presented  (by  title)  at 
the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Corporation,  held  this  year  on  Monday, 
November  3,  1947.  Mention  should  be  made  here  of  the  Corpora- 
tion meeting  of  a  year  ago  although  it  was  touched  upon  in  the  pre- 
ceding report.  At  that  meeting.  Dr.  Reginald  Fitz  was  elected  Pres- 
ident to  succeed  Mr.  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  who  resigned  after  sixteen 
years  as  President  of  the  Corporation.  Prior  to  his  election  as 
President,  Mr.  Hallowell  had  been  for  sixteen  years  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  and  he  continues  to  serve  on  this  Board. 
At  that  same  meeting,  Mr.  G.  Peabody  Gardner,  a  Trustee  since 
1922  and  Vice-President  from  1930,  tendered  his  resignation. 
Elected  to  take  his  place  as  Vice-President  was  Mr.  Ralph  Lowell, 
who  has  been  a  Trustee  for  twenty  years.  During  the  year  Dr.  Fitz 
has  been  very  generous  with  his  time  and  has  shown  much  inter- 
est in  the  affairs  of  the  school.  We  are  grateful  for  the  leadership 
which  he  gives. 

In  making  the  report  for  this  year  it  may  be  well  to  make  it 
a  review  of  our  entire  program  of  education.  As  many  of  the  ac- 
tivities which  engaged  us  during  the  war  were  closing,  there  seemed 

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to  be  more  time  to  consider  matters  within  the  school  and  to  re- 
appraise some  of  our  objectives.  In  making  this  review  we  will 
start  with  a  project  which  was  not  only  the  first  event  of  the  year, 
but  also  marks  the  beginning  of  instruction  of  children.  For  ten 
days  prior  to  Labor  Day  1946,  and  before  the  opening  of  the  regu- 
lar school  session,  a  summer  school  was  held  for  mothers  whose 
babies  have  impaired  vision  because  of  premature  birth. 

School  for  Mothers  and  Babies 
Previous  Annual  Reports  have  accounted  for  our  interest  in 
these  children  who  are  younger  than  those  normally  attending  our 
school.  Our  program  for  them  was  brought  about  by  the  appeal  of 
the  late  Dr.  Theodore  L.  Terry,  for  assistance  in  meeting  the  prob- 
lems of  these  children  for  whom  he  was  doing  a  great  deal  from 
the  ophthalmological  point  of  view.  Our  first  effort  in  this  field  was 
to  hold  a  summer  school  for  mothers  and  their  babies  during  June 
of  1945.  It  was  not  convenient  to  repeat  this  program  in  June  1946 
and  therefore  the  second  session  was  held  in  September  1946,  which 
brought  the  event  within  the  time  covered  by  this  report.  This 
second  conference,  held  for  ten  days,  followed  the  program  set  by 
the  previous  conference,  which  brought  to  Perkins  to  advise  the 
mothers;  physicians,  psychologists  and  educators  in  the  pre-school 
area  and  also  maintained  an  activity  program  for  the  children.  The 
second  school  proved  as  helpful  as  the  first  and  fourteen  mothers 
and  babies  were  in  session  during  the  ten  days.  The  conduct  of 
this  school  was  made  possible  through  a  grant  from  a  Boston  trust 
fund. 

Perkins  is  interested  in  this  special  group  not  only  because 
in  it  we  find  a  new  cause  of  blindness,  but  because  its  progress  or 
its  prevention  may  have  a  bearing  upon  our  future  program.  Ac- 
cording to  those  studying  this  problem,  it  is  indicated  that  about 
12  %  of  the  children  born  prematurely  by  three  months  will  be  vis- 
ually handicapped,  which  may  mean  about  four  or  five  hundred 
blind  children  a  year  according  to  present  statistics.  This  will 
mean  an  increase  in  the  number  of  children  coming  to  Perkins  and 
entering  in  the  early  grades,  where  until  recently,  we  had  expected 
a  decrease.  At  the  opening  of  school  this  coming  year,  we  have 
five  children  whose  blindness  is  from  this  source. 

The  grant  which  made  possible  the  two  summer  schools  also 
made  provision  for  the  employment  of  a  full-time  pre-school  worker 
to  visit  in  the  homes  of  the  children  visually  handicapped  from  this 

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cause.  Miss  Pauline  M,  Moor  has  carried  on  this  home  visiting  for 
a  year,  making  her  center  at  Perkins  and  working  in  close  co-op- 
eration with  the  medical  social  workers  interested  in  these  children 
and  associated  with  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary. 
Miss  Moor  has  made  226  visits  in  41  homes  and  has  brought  to  many 
mothers  practical  advise  and  help  in  training  their  children.  Dur^ 
ing  the  year  Miss  Jane  Smith,  our  psychometric  worker,  has  regu- 
larly visited  the  homes  to  check  the  psychological  progress  of  the 
children  as  a  part  of  the  study  to  develop  a  growth  chart  which  will 
enable  us  to  test  the  intellectual  promise  and  the  emotional  develop- 
ment of  these  children.  This  study  is  being  carried  on  by  Dr. 
Samuel  P.  Hayes,  the  authority  on  psychological  tests  for  the  blind 
and  Head  of  the  Personnel  Department  at  Perkins. 

Interest  in  the  work  for  pre-school  children  has  extended 
throughout  the  country,  and  both  Perkins  and  the  Eye  and  Ear  In- 
firmary have  been  asked  for  advice  and  counsel  from  many  places. 
A  printed  report  of  the  first  summer  session,  received  wide  circula- 
tion, while  the  December  1946  issue  of  THE  LANTERN  was  util- 
ized to  set  forth  some  of  our  observations  in  this  field.  In  order  to 
gather  opinions  regarding  the  needs  of  pre-school  children  and  to 
set  a  pattern  for  their  adequate  care,  the  American  Foundation  for 
the  Blind  was  asked  to  call  a  national  conference  on  pre-school  blind 
children.  This  was  held  in  New  York  City,  March  12-15,  1947  and 
was  attended  by  200  workers  from  19  states  and  seven  foreign 
countries.  Dr.  Hayes  and  Miss  Marshall  read  papers  at  the  confer- 
ence, while  the  Director  presided  at  one  of  the  sessions.  Publica- 
tion of  the  papers  read  at  the  conference  by  leaders  in  both  the 
sighted  and  the  blind  areas  of  this  field  will  serve  as  a  guide  and 
pattern  in  meeting  the  problem  of  pre-school  blind  children. 

Institute  in  Vermont 
In  the  spring  consideration  was  given  to  the  possibility  of 
another  summer  school,  but  it  was  decided  not  to  undertake  one 
this  year  but  instead  to  hold  a  series  of  two-day  institutes  in  various 
parts  of  New  England  which  would  serve  mothers  of  blind  children 
who  were  not  able  to  leave  their  homes  for  the  longer  period.  The 
first  of  these  institutes  was  held  at  the  University  of  Vermont,  in 
Burlington,  on  June  27  and  28,  with  speakers  from  Perkins  and  the 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  and  local  physicians  participating.  This 
proved  helpful  and  two  or  three  other  institutes  are  planned  for 
the  coming  autumn. 

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The  next  step  from  the  pre-school  child  is  into  the  kindergar- 
ten and  early  grades  of  Perkins.  As  our  readers  may  know,  Perkins 
facilities  provide  for  the  housing  and  schooling  of  children  from 
the  kindergarten  through  the  third  grade  in  two  cottages,  Anagnos 
and  Bradlee.  Adjoining  them  are  two  other  units  covering  the 
fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  grades,  housed  in  Potter  and  Glover  cottages 
with  the  school  rooms  adjacent.  These  four  units  represent  the 
Lower  School.  When  the  boys  and  girls  complete  their  work  there, 
they  move  to  the  Upper  School  where  they  are  divided  into  four  cot- 
tages on  the  boys'  side  and  four  on  the  girls'  side,  and  where  in- 
struction is  conducted  in  the  junior  and  senior  high  schools  with 
considerable  provision  for   post-graduate   and  advanced  training. 

Early  Grades  at  Perkins 

This  year  with  the  war  behind  us,  and  the  possibility  of  growth 
and  development,  a  good  deal  of  time  was  spent  in  studying  and  an- 
alyzing our  program.  The  Lower  School  has  run  the  gamut  during 
the  past  fifteen  years  from  traditionally  graded  groups  of  boys  on 
one  side  and  girls  on  the  other,  to  the  "progressive"  era  where  the 
work  was  done  through  projects  where  Viking  ships,  Indian  te- 
pees and  Roman  castles  were  built.  Gradually,  we  came  back  to 
putting  more  stress  on  the  fundamentals  and  recently  have  been 
following  a  more  normal  grade  procedure  with  slow  and  fast  groups. 
The  disparity  between  boys  and  girls  during  the  last  few  years, 
with  boys  far  outnumbering  girls  has  done  a  good  deal  to  disturb 
our  normal  grouping  in  the  houses,  and  the  confining  of  all  of  the 
children  of  the  right  grades  in  their  own  cottages.  During  the  past 
year  we  had  several  epidemics,  and  with  pupils  studying  in  one 
house  and  living  in  another,  considerable  confusion  arose. 

The  first  objective  in  our  study  of  the  Lower  School  was  to  try 
to  eliminate  the  confusion  caused  by  pupils  going  from  one  house 
to  another.  The  second,  was  to  try  to  keep  the  younger  children 
in  the  same  environment  for  a  longer  time.  Now  pupils  starting 
in  the  kindergarten  in  Anagnos  Cottage,  go  to  Bradlee  for  the  first 
grade,  back  to  Anagnos  for  the  second  and  again  to  Bradlee  for 
third  grade.  To  eliminate  these  shifts,  we  have  planned  to  divide 
next  year  all  of  the  children  below  the  fourth  grade  into  two  equal 
groups,  assigning  one  to  Anagnos  Cottage  and  the  other  to  Bradlee 
Cottage.  Instead  of  dividing  these  children  into  the  normal  grades 
they  will  work  on  a  continuous  progress  plan  under  the  direction 
of  a  supervisor,  with  other  teachers  assisting.     This  plan  will  be 

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flexible  enough  to  adapt  it  to  each  child's  needs  and  he  can  be  ad- 
vanced according  to  levels  of  achievement.  This  has  proved  ef- 
fective in  seeing  schools  and  we  are  going  to  explore  its  value  for 
blind  children. 

The  primary  cottages  continue  to  be  arranged  in  grades  as  in 
the  past,  but  a  good  deal  of  stress  is  being  placed  upon  outside 
activities  which  will  broaden  the  experience  of  the  boys  and  girls 
and  will  develop  some  of  their  fundamental  skills.  This  will  not 
represent  a  great  change  as  the  programs  for  these  grades  have 
been  developed  along  these  lines  for  several  years.  To  enrich  the 
usual  academic  classroom  work  a  fine  recreational  program  has  been 
developed,  and  opportunities  for  hand  training  offered  for  both 
boys  and  girls.  The  latter  has  been  carried  out  in  the  Upper  School 
shops  and  plans  are  now  being  made  for  this  instruction  to  be  given 
the  Lower  School  next  year  as  a  part  of  our  effort  to  make  each 
unit  more  self-suflBcient. 

At  this  age  the  Boy  and  Girl  Scouts  supplement  the  academic 
program.  There  are  three  troops  of  Girl  Scouts  at  Perkins,  only 
one  of  which,  however,  is  in  the  Lower  School.  This  is  supplemented 
by  a  Brownie  Troop.  The  boys  have  had  a  scout  troop  in  the  Lower 
School  for  some  years,  and  this  year  a  pack  of  Cubs  was  organized. 
Three  of  the  dens  that  make  up  a  pack  are  of  Perkins  boys,  while 
the  fourth  is  of  seeing  boys.  Pack  meetings  are  rotated  outside  and 
inside  the  school.  One  of  the  valued  features  of  the  whole  scout  pro- 
gram is  the  fine  leadership  provided  by  the  people  outside  of  Perkins. 

Upper  School  Program 

Our  review  of  the  Upper  School  reveals  that  an  effective  pro- 
gram is  being  carried  out  successfully.  The  year  has  been,  consid- 
ering the  circumstances  of  the  times,  a  satisfactory  one  from  the 
beginning  to  the  conclusion,  when  a  notable  class  was  graduated. 
The  Upper  School,  as  our  readers  may  know,  is  divided  into  two 
groups,  the  Junior  High  School,  and  the  Senior  High  School  with 
grades  7,  8  and  9  in  the  Junior  High  and  four  years  in  the  Senior 
High. 

The  Upper  School  has,  during  the  year,  continued  to  offer  a 
broad  program  of  study  both  at  the  junior  high  and  senior  high 
levels.  The  junior  high  schedules  included  a  required  program  of 
general  academic  and  practical  arts  work,  designed  to  provide  con- 
tinuing education,  and  to  determine  pupils'  interest  and  abilities 
in  many  areas.    Courses  in  guidance  and  occupational  information 

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were  added  to  the  program  at  the  7th  and  9th  grade  levels.  With 
the  addition  of  a  third  man  in  the  shops,  the  boys'  manual  training 
program  was  expanded.  A  beginners  course  in  poultry  was  intro- 
duced at  the  8th  grade  level,  and  a  home  mechanics  course  was 
added.  These  courses  were  in  addition  to  the  general  academic 
program  including  English,  social  studies,  languages  and  science. 
In  the  senior  high  school  pupils  find  larger  opportunity  to  se- 
cure specialized  training  according  to  their  interests  and  aptitudes. 
Those  planning  to  enter  college  are  prepared  to  meet  the  require- 
ments for  admission.  Other  departments  stress  music,  commercial 
subjects  and  practical  arts.  A  new  course  in  orientation  was  offered 
this  year  to  seniors  and  post-graduates.  This  course  consisted  of 
lectures  and  discussions  on  certain  subjects,  such  as  occupations 
available  for  the  blind,  life  and  casualty  insurance,  income  tax  prob- 
lems, home  bookkeeping,  savings  in  commercial  banks,  and  assist- 
ance through  local  and  national  agencies  for  the  blind.  Although 
his  time  was  limited,  Mr.  Gus  Frye,  an  Army  orienter  who  had 
worked  with  blinded  soldiers  at  Valley  Forge  General  Hospital, 
assisted  some  of  our  older  boys  and  girls  in  foot  travel  with  the 
aid  of  a  cane.  For  a  number  of  pupils,  terminal  courses  in  piano- 
forte normal,  piano  tuning  and  Ediphone  operation  were  offered. 

Practical  Arts  for  Boys 

Turning  to  some  of  the  special  departments,  let  us  begin  with 
Practical  Arts  in  the  Upper  School.  As  we  do  this,  we  are  glad  that 
we  did  not  swing  the  whole  way  in  training  in  machine  work  as 
some  schools  did  under  the  pressure  of  the  war  effort.  We  have 
introduced  a  number  of  the  simple  power  machines  with  which  we 
feel  our  pupils  ought  to  be  acquainted,  and  we  have  taught  those 
who  have  shown  the  ability,  and  under  conditions  closely  regulated, 
how  to  operate  these  machines.  We  still  have  a  good  deal  of  faith 
that  hand  skills  offer  the  blind  a  wider  and  more  promising  oppor- 
tunity for  earning  a  living  under  conditions  which  will  prevail 
with  many  of  our  boys  and  girls  when  they  leave  Perkins. 

Two  projects  of  special  interest  during  the  year  deserve  men- 
tion. We  were  able  to  revive  the  course  in  poultry  raising  which 
had  proved  so  successful  in  the  years  before  the  war.  Twelve  boys 
set  up  a  poultry  business  beginning  with  75  day-old  chicks.  These 
were  eared  for  through  the  year,  the  eggs  sold,  business  accounts 
kept  and  regular  instruction  given  in  the  technique  of  poultry 
raising.     In  former  years  a  profit,  which  was  divided  among  the 

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boys  was  usually  made  in  this  business.  This  year,  however,  the 
boys  had  the  experience  common  to  many  poultry  raisers  at  this 
time,  of  having  a  deficit  due  to  the  high  cost  of  feed.  This  deficit, 
however,  was  not  very  great  and  was  assumed  by  the  school.  The 
second  project  of  interest  was  the  formation  of  what  became  known 
as  the  PERKINS  SPECIALTY  COMPANY.  A  request  was  re- 
ceived from  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals 
to  make  300  crates  which  are  used  to  hold  cats.  To  fulfill  this 
order,  the  company  was  formed  so  that  the  boys  would  not  only  have 
the  experience  of  building  the  crates,  but  also  keeping  account  of 
the  cost  and  bookkeeping.  Here  again  there  was  a  small  deficit 
due  to  the  high  cost  of  lumber.  We  hope,  however,  that  the  experi- 
ence gained  in  both  projects  will  bring  profit  in  the  coming  year. 

HOMEMAKING   FOR  GiRLS 

While  the  girls  may  not  be  able  to  report  projects  as  spectacu- 
lar as  the  boys,  they  have,  nevertheless,  in  the  Practical  Arts  De- 
partment carried  on  efficient  training  in  hand  skills  which  have 
both  vocational  and  personal  application.  All  of  the  girls  are 
taught  the  fundamentals  of  homemaking.  They  learn  first  the 
simple  and  later  the  more  advanced  stages  of  sewing.  For  years 
the  girls  have  obtained  their  sewing  practice  by  hemming  the 
sheets  which  are  used  at  Perkins.  The  sheets  are  pinned  and 
basted  by  the  younger  girls  while  the  older  girls  stitch  the  hems 
on  sewing  machines.  There  are  in  the  department  two  large  power 
machines  and  several  of  the  household  type.  Many  learn  the  be- 
ginnings of  making  dresses  by  dressing  dolls,  and  later  learn  to 
repair  their  own  clothes.  This  year  several  girls  made  dresses  for 
themselves.  There  are  a  great  many  other  forms  of  hand  activity, 
but  the  outstanding  one  this  year  has  been  weaving.  Twenty  girls 
were  engaged  in  making  rugs,  baby  blankets,  luncheon  sets  and 
other  items,  most  of  which,  on  completion  were  taken  home  to  their 
families  or  kept  for  their  own  use.  All  forms  of  cooking  and  in- 
struction in  the  management  of  the  home  are  taught  in  the  class- 
room, and  practised  in  Bennett  Cottage,  the  home  economics  center. 

The  Commercial  Department  prepares  well  qualified  young  peo- 
ple to  become  Ediphone  and  Dictaphone  operators,  typists,  telephone 
operators  and  trained  workers  in  office  routine.  While  normally 
pupils  specializing  in  Ediphone  operating  meet  the  requirements  for 
certification  while  still  in  the  Senior  high  school,  a  number  of  them 
do   carry  over  intensive  work  in  the  post  graduate   department. 

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During  the  past  year  this  group  was  smaller  than  usual,  as  there 
were  only  three  persons  giving  full  time  to  the  work,  two  members 
of  the  senior  class,  and  one  post  graduate  student  who  was  a 
special  pupil  from  Hawaii.  The  three,  however,  received  certifi- 
cates at  the  end  of  the  year  which  attested  to  their  ability  to  do 
effective  Ediphone  work  and  to  be  employed  in  offices.  Our  records 
show  a  large  number  of  blind  people  trained  in  this  field,  steadily 
and  profitably  employed  in  business  offices,  social  welfare  offices 
and  in  state  organizations.  It  is  one  of  the  most  profitable  fields 
for  blind  workers. 

Opportunities  in  Music 

The  Music  Department  had  one  of  its  most  successful  years, 
memorable  because  of  Mr.  Hartwell's  last  year  of  service.  The 
Christmas  Concerts  under  his  direction  were  outstandingly  beauti- 
ful and  attended  by  more  people  than  ever  before.  Following 
Mr.  Hartwell's  retirement  at  the  new  year,  the  present  members 
of  the  staff  took  over  his  assignments,  and  through  a  cooperative 
arrangement  carried  on  the  program  for  the  year.  In  addition  to 
the  choral  work,  where  the  chorus  meets  four  times  a  week,  the 
Girls'  Glee  Club  had  a  successful  season,  singing  on  many  occasions 
outside  the  school.  One  of  the  most  notable  appearances  was  at 
the  great  meeting  in  the  March  of  Dimes  Campaign  for  the  Infan- 
tile Paralysis  Commission  in  the  Boston  Garden.  They  also  gave 
a  delightfully  received  program  at  one  of  the  big  meetings  of  the 
Community  Fund  Drive.  Many  pupils  in  the  Music  Department 
as  well  as  members  of  the  staff  contributed  their  services  at  several 
meetings  and  gatherings  in  the  interest  of  the  blind,  and  also  in 
programs  for  church  and  civic  organizations.  Once  again  in  the 
spring  the  combined  Music  Department  presented  a  Pops  Concert 
which  was  successfully  held  on  three  nights  in  April.  At  this 
concert  music  of  a  more  popular  type  than  that  usually  given  by  our 
choral  group  was  offered.  It  was  well  received  and  the  pupils 
had  a  lot  of  fun  preparing  the  program. 

In  addition  to  the  group  work  conducted  by  the  Music  Depart- 
ment, there  is  ample  opportunity  for  Upper  School  pupils  to  have 
personal  instruction  in  both  instrumental  and  vocal  music  if  they 
have  the  aptitudes  and  abilities  to  carry  on  this  type  of  instruc- 
tion. Pupils  who  develop  outstanding  ability  on  the  piano  have 
opportunity  for  terminal  training  in  the  Pianoforte  Normal  Depart- 
ment, which  will  qualify  them  to  become  certified  as  able  to  teach 

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seeing  persons.  During  the  past  year  there  were  only  two  girls 
taking  this  instruction.  Usually  there  are  more.  One  of  the  inter- 
esting features  of  this  department  is  that  seeing  children  in  the 
neighborhood  are  given  lessons  by  the  young  people  in  training, 
and  this  year  seven  boys  and  girls  benefited  by  this  opportunity  for 
instruction.  While  Perkins  pupils  may  make  a  beginning  in  this 
department  during  their  senior  year,  the  course  requires  two  years 
of  post  graduate  work. 

Another  general  course  which  is  conducted  on  a  professional 
basis  is  Piano  Tuning.  For  many  years  Perkins  has  offered  talented 
young  men  complete  instruction  in  the  tuning  and  servicing  of 
pianos.  At  the  present  time  there  is  a  large  demand  for  well 
qualified  tuners  in  this  country,  and  Perkins  through  this  training 
is  providing  opportunity  for  blind  men  to  earn  substantial  livings 
through  this  craft.  Nine  young  men  have  been  studying  tuning 
this  year.  Two  completed  their  requirements  and  were  certified  as 
qualified  tuners  in  June. 

Graduate  Students  at  Perkins 

Because  of  the  high  standing  of  our  terminal  and  professional 
training,  we  are  receiving  requests  for  admission  of  pupils  from 
all  parts  of  the  country.  Some  of  them  are  coming  under  the  pro- 
visions of  the  National  Rehabilitation  Act,  and  as  the  facilities  for 
this  type  of  training  increase,  Perkins  will  probably  receive  more 
pupils  under  this  advanced  program.  We  are  also  receiving  blinded 
veterans  for  training  in  our  specialized  courses.  One  of  the  chief 
sources  of  pupils  for  post  graduate  work  is  through  the  National 
Scholarships  which  have  been  awarded  now  for  several  years  to 
outstanding  graduates  of  other  schools  for  the  blind.  During  this 
year  there  have  been  three  national  scholarship  pupils,  Joseph 
Salazar  from  New  Mexico,  Tina  Lou  Daniels  from  Utah,  and  Kath- 
ryn  Hearn  from  Georgia.  All  three  specialized  in  the  Music  De- 
partment, with  the  boy  from  New  Mexico  also  taking  piano  tuning. 
They  were  competent  young  people  who  gained  from  being  at 
Perkins  and  who  made  a  contribution  through  their  interest  and 
activity.  During  the  year  there  have  also  been  in  residence  two 
young  people  who  were  holders  of  National  Scholarships  last  year, 
and  who  returned  for  further  study  through  rehabilitation  assist- 
ance. One  was  the  young  woman  from  Hawaii,  Hideko  Shimokawa, 
who  remained  to  complete  her  work  as  an  Ediphone  operator,  while 
the  other.  Rose  Miscio,  who  was  from  Pennsylvania  was  enabled 
thereby  to  be  certified  as  a  piano  teacher. 

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Turning  to  special  departments,  we  find  the  deaf-blind  pro- 
gram to  be  one  of  the  most  interesting.  Here  we  are  able  to 
train  to  speak  and  to  understand  speech  through  vibration,  children 
who  are  deaf,  blind  and  mute.  CHILDREN  OF  THE  SILENT 
NIGHT  we  like  to  call  them. 

The  Deaf-Blind  Department 

The  department  has  had  an  effective  year  though  it  had  to 
limit  its  work  because  we  have  not  been  able  to  secure  as  many 
teachers  as  we  could  use  in  this  special  field.  In  addition  to  the 
five  teachers  who  have  been  with  us  for  several  years,  we  secured 
one  new  teacher  on  a  part-time  basis,  a  former  teacher  of  the  deaf 
in  South  Dakota,  whose  husband  is  a  G.  I.  studying  at  the  Massa- 
chusetts Institute  of  Technology.  As  she  had  been  a  teacher  of 
Home  Economics,  we  stressed  that  subject  with  the  girls,  giving 
them  a  valuable  experience.  We  were  able  to  teach  them  how 
foods  are  prepared,  and  the  difference  between,  for  example, 
scrambled,  fried,  poached  and  boiled  eggs.  We  were  also  able  to 
give  the  girls  considerable  training  in  sewing  and  each  girl  made 
something  for  herself  as  a  final  project  of  the  year. 

The  usual  academic  work  was  carried  on  with  the  ten  pupils 
in  the  department.  First  emphasis  was  placed,  as  in  the  past,  on 
speech  building,  and  every  effort  was  made  to  provide  opportunities 
to  broaden  the  experience  of  these  children  who  are  so  closed  in 
by  blindness  and  deafness.  For  the  first  time  we  were  able  to 
administer  a  complete  standard  achievement  test  to  Leonard  Dowdy, 
our  oldest  boy  in  the  department  and  the  results  were  gratifying. 

Two  pupils  were  accepted  in  September,  James  Brown,  a  six 
year  old  boy  from  Hattiesburg,  Mississippi  and  Pauline  Mansfield, 
a  fifteen  year  old  girl  from  Spokane,  Washington.  Unfortunately, 
James  Brown  was  found  to  be  in  very  frail  health  and  that,  compli- 
cated with  a  serious  heart  ailment  made  it  advisable  for  him  to 
return  home  after  a  month  at  Perkins.  Pauline  represents  an  inter- 
esting type  that  we  are  able  to  help.  She  had  been  in  the  public 
schools  in  her  home  city,  but  defective  sight  increased  to  a  point 
where  she  could  not  cope  with  that  and  her  total  deafness.  She  is 
an  attractive  girl  with  a  good  mind,  and  we  are  able  to  present  her 
studies  to  her  in  such  a  way  that  she  is  able  to  continue  educational 
progress  and  we  hope  will  soon  reach  the  point  of  graduation  from 
high  school. 

While  writing  of  possible  graduation,  we  are  reminded  that 
Robert  Smithdas,  totally  deaf  and  blind  boy  from  Pittsburgh,  who 

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was  graduated  from  Perkins  in  1945  and  who  is  now  in  St.  John's 
University,  Brooklyn,  made  outstanding  grades  in  academic  work 
during  the  year,  and  had  an  article  in  the  October  issue  of  VOGUE. 
He  spent  this  past  summer  in  Colorado  with  Miss  Alice  Carpenter, 
his  former  teacher  at  Perkins,  to  continue  studies  in  writing,  in 
which  field  he  gives  promise  of  good  achievement.  "Tad"  Chapman, 
totally  deaf  and  blind,  who  was  graduated  from  Perkins  in  1938, 
was  a  welcome  and  happy  visitor  for  a  few  days  in  April.  He 
comes  from  South  Dakota. 

As  our  little  calendar  has  seemed  to  become  established  in 
connection  with  the  deaf-blind  appeal,  we  had  another  prepared 
for  this  past  year.  Last  year's  calendar  bore  a  happy  picture  of  all 
the  children  of  the  department  gathered  about  the  piano,  while 
they  heard  music  by  vibration.  The  response  to  the  appeal  was 
more  gratifying  than  ever,  in  that  we  received  contributions  from 
1,491  persons  totalling  $16,350.06  and  to  all  of  them  who  read  this 
report,  although  personal  acknowledgments  have  previously  been 
made,  we  again  want  to  express  our  thanks  and  appreciation. 

The  Harvard  Class 

The  Harvard  Class  this  year,  its  26th,  had  ten  students.  Five 
were  from  four  states  in  this  country,  and  the  other  five  came  from 
India,  Norway,  Chile,  Cuba  and  South  Africa.  Of  the  Americans, 
two  were  visually  handicapped  and  of  those  from  other  lands,  two 
were  blind.  The  group  made  an  interesting  and  valuable  contri- 
bution to  Perkins,  bringing  to  us  in  this  time  of  world-wide  inter- 
est, points  of  view  from  diiferent  parts  of  the  globe.  In  return,  we 
were  able  to  give  them  good  valuable  information  about  the  blind 
and  thorough  training  in  the  education  and  understanding  of  the 
visually  handicapped.  In  addition  to  the  regularly  scheduled  lec- 
tures given  at  Perkins  by  Dr.  Allen,  Director  Emeritus ;  Dr.  Samuel 
P.  Hayes  and  the  present  Director ;  and  the  large  program  of  obser- 
vation and  practice  teaching,  all  members  of  the  class  took  courses 
during  the  past  year  either  at  Harvard  University  or  at  Boston 
University.  One  member  of  the  class,  Miss  Linda  L.  Mosher,  a 
graduate  of  Mount  Holyoke  College,  returns  to  Perkins  to  teach 
this  coming  year,  while  the  others  have  either  returned  to  their 
own  countries  or  have  accepted  positions  in  other  parts  of  this 
country. 

The  Library 

The  library  has  distributed  more  books  this  year  than  ever 

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before  and  now  serves  1,279  readers  outside  and  254  readers  within 
the  school.  To  readers  outside  the  school,  7,404  embossed  books 
and  18,747  Talking  Books  were  distributed  through  the  mails,  while 
within  the  school,  4,295  embossed  volumes  for  voluntary  reading 
and  3,237  textbooks  in  Braille  and  8,637  Talking  Books  were  cir- 
culated, making  a  total  circulation  for  the  year  of  34,546  volumes. 
The  library  has  grown  to  52,000  embossed  volumes  and  17,000 
Talking  Book  records,  with  6,147  volumes  in  the  Reference  Library 
and  9,162  in  the  Teachers'  Library.  This  increased  service  and 
enlarged  supply  of  books  has  brought  the  library  to  a  point  where 
"overflowing"  is  hardly  an  adequate  description. 

The  March  15  issue  of  THE  LANTERN  was  dedicated  to  the 
story  of  the  library's  expansion  and  needs.  One  article  told  of  the 
early  effort  for  books.  There  were  descriptions  of  the  service  pro- 
gram of  the  circulating  library,  the  facilities  available  for  school 
use  and  of  the  Blindiana  Library,  which  is  the  greatest  collection 
of  material  on  the  blind  in  the  world.  The  purpose  behind  this 
presentation  of  facts  was  the  hope  that  we  might  interest  someone 
or  many  in  our  need  for  a  new  library  building,  which  would  give 
adequate  facilities  for  this  service.  The  Trustees,  cognizant  of  this 
need  at  their  September  meeting  appointed  a  committee,  which  in 
June  recommended  that  a  new  library  building  be  erected. 

Howe  Memorial  Press 

The  Howe  Memorial  Press  has  continued  its  work  of  making 
appliances  and  of  producing  reading  matter  for  the  blind  including 
9  titles  for  the  Library  of  Congress  and  27  for  use  within  Perkins 
as  well  as  publishing  the  Braille  editions  of  THE  LANTERN,  the 
PERKINS  GOAT  and  other  Braille  material  needed  in  the  school. 
The  appliance  department  has  continued  to  make  many  appliances, 
but  this  has  been  a  year  of  transition.  As  stated  in  the  last  Annual 
Report,  it  had  been  decided  to  move  the  Howe  Press  from  South 
Boston  to  Watertown.  In  the  summer  of  1946  an  extension  was 
put  upon  the  Power  House  at  Watertown  which  made  space  available 
for  the  appliance  department.  With  a  grant  of  $15,000,  new 
machinery,  lathes,  presses,  drills,  etc.,  were  purchased  and  set  up 
in  the  new  machine  room.  The  stereotyping  and  embossing  of 
books  continues  in  South  Boston. 

The  chief  interest  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year  has  been  the 
possibility  of  going  into  production  with  the  new  braille  writer 
which  was  developed  by  Mr.  David  Abraham,  our  mechanical  en- 
gineer and  which  is  now  ready  to  be  manufactured  in  numbers  to 

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meet  the  great  need  that  exists  for  writers  of  this  type.  In  order 
to  enlarge  the  resources  and  to  make  the  best  possible  writer  avail- 
able to  the  blind,  the  American  Foundation  for  the  Blind  was 
approached  and  given  opportunity  to  study  the  Perkins  Brailler. 
Their  experts  studied  it  carefully  and  the  Foundation  has  agreed 
to  co-operate  with  Perkins  in  this  production  so  that  instead  of 
two  writers  as  formerly,  there  will  be  one  writer  produced  jointly 
by  the  two  organizations.  They  will  combine  in  the  tooling  charge 
which  is  a  very  large  item  and  then  will  share  in  the  distribution 
of  the  machines.  It  is  expected  that  early  in  1948  the  writers  will 
be  ready  for  distribution.  Plans  are  being  made  to  produce  2,000 
as  the  first  unit. 

The  Perkins  Brailler,  as  it  will  be  known,  develops  principles 
never  before  incorporated  in  a  braille  writer.  Two  of  the  chief 
features  are:  First,  there  is  no  overhanging  carriage  as  the  em- 
bossing is  done  by  a  braille  unit  which  travels  from  left  to  right 
for  each  symbol.  This  results  in  exceptional  quietness  and  freedom 
from  vibration.  Second,  a  unique  key  action  has  been  incorporated 
whereby  all  the  dots  in  the  cell  will  be  of  absolutely  uniform  height 
regardless  of  uneven  finger  pressure.  The  Brailler  is  a  compact 
aluminum  unit  weighing  about  eight  and  a  half  pounds. 

The  Personnel  Department 

The  Personnel  Department  which  supervises  all  of  our  efforts 
to  understand  and  meet  the  individual  needs  of  pupils  carried  on 
its  well-established  program.  The  Interim  Hayes-Binet  and 
Wechsler-Bellevue  Intelligence  Tests  were  administered  to  all  new 
pupils  and  to  the  older  pupils  who  are  re-tested  every  two  years 
with  the  first  of  these  tests  which  has  been  adapted  for  use  with 
the  blind.  All  of  the  pupils  in  grades  4  to  9  received  during  the 
year  Stanford  Achievement  Tests  so  that  we  may  better  under- 
stand their  placement  in  grades  and  also  have  revealed  their  short- 
comings so  that  they  may  be  corrected.  Our  two  speech  teachers 
have  carried  on  a  heavy  program  dealing  with  7  children  of  the 
school  who  stutter  and  25  who  were  found  to  be  in  need  of  speech 
therapy. 

During  the  year  there  have  been  few  significant  changes  in 
the  functions  or  philosophies  of  the  Social  Service  Department. 
With  the  end  of  the  gas  rationing,  it  was  possible  to  increase  the 
home  visiting  and  to  maintain  a  more  effective  contact  with  the 
various  state  workers.  An  innovation  this  year  was  the  request  of 
Boston  University  School  of  Social  Work  that  we  take  one  of  its 

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first  year  graduate  students  for  field  work  experience.  We  were 
fortunate  in  having  assigned  to  us,  Mr.  Benjamin  Smith,  a  veteran, 
who  remained  in  residence  throughout  the  year  and  who  proved  to 
be  a  very  helpful  and  enthusiastic  member  of  the  staff,  at  the  same 
time  gaining  experience  in  family  case  work,  individual  work  with 
children,  general  case  work  and  group  case  work  for  his  own  train- 
ing. We  hope  the  satisfaction  of  this  experience  has  been  mutual 
and  that  hereafter  Perkins  will  be  considered  a  regular  placement 
for  Boston  University  students  in  the  School  for  Social  Work. 

School  Enrollment 

The  enrollment  of  the  school  as  of  October  1,  1947  was  258 
which  is  three  above  the  report  of  a  year  ago.  There  are,  however, 
fewer  pupils  in  the  school  because  we  are  carrying  on  the  rolls  fif- 
teen boys  and  girls  who  were  sent  this  year  to  public  schools,  as  it 
is  our  practice  to  keep  them  registered  for  one  year,  pending  their 
adjustment  in  the  seeing  schools.  The  243  pupils  in  the  school  are 
divided  as  follows : 

Massachusetts  —  131,  Maine  —  30,  Rhode  Island  —  24,  New  Hamp- 
shire —  16,  Vermont  —  12,  pupils  from  outside  New  England  —  30. 
This  year  we  have  students  from  four  foreign  countries,  England, 
Greece,  Mexico  and  Porto  Rico  and  from  fourteen  states  other  than 
New  England ;  Alabama,  Arizona,  Colorado,  Georgia,  Kansas,  Lousi- 
ana,  Missouri,  Montana,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  South  Carolina, 
Tennessee,  Texas  and  Washington. 

During  the  year  52  pupils  were  added  and  48  were  discharged.  The 
reasons  for  discharge  were:  Graduated  —  7,  completed  scholar- 
ship year  —  3,  completed  post-graduate  work  —  6,  entered  public 
school  or  sight-saving  classes  —  10,  withdrew  voluntarily  —  7, 
transferred  to  other  schools  for  the  blind  —  3,  completed  course  —  2, 
left  because  of  illness  —  3,  failed  to  progress  —  4,  had  progressed 
as  far  as  possible  —  1,  accepted  employment  —  1,  died  —  1. 

Health  of  the  School 

The  general  health  of  the  school  during  the  first  half  of  the 
year  was  unusually  good.  During  the  second  half,  we  had  a  large 
number  of  children  ill  with  contagious  diseases,  which  necessitated 
the  quarantining  of  cottages  in  the  Lower  School.  Bradlee  Cottage 
went  under  quarantine  just  before  the  spring  vacation  and  the  chil- 
dren who  had  been  exposed  to  the  chickenpox  had  to  be  kept  through 
the  spring  vacation.    The  quarantine  was  not  lifted  until  May  12. 

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Potter  Cottage  had  a  large  number  of  cases  of  measles  and  that 
house  was  quarantined  until  May  1.  During  the  year  there  were 
fourteen  cases  of  measles  in  the  school,  while  eight  pupils  were  sick 
with  this  disease  at  home.  There  were  nineteen  cases  of  chicken- 
pox  and  five  of  whooping  cough,  with  two  cases  of  mumps  and  one 
of  each  of  German  measles  and  scarlet  fever.  Part  of  the  children 
were  hospitalized  in  the  Haynes  Memorial  Hospital  while  the  others 
were  cared  for  in  the  cottages  with  additional  nursing  service.  This 
made  a  very  difficult  spring  for  Miss  Potter,  the  nurse,  and  for 
Dr.  Balboni,  who  was  serving  his  first  year  as  school  physician,  but 
everything  went  along  smoothly  and  effectively.  As  we  have  not 
had  such  a  series  of  epidemics  in  several  years,  we  hope  this  is  the 
exception  rather  than  the  rule. 

An  unusually  large  number  of  operations  were  performed  dur- 
ing the  year.  There  were  nine  tonsillectomies,  four  appendectomies, 
two  craniotomies,  one  herniotomy  and  one  deviated  septum  and  ton- 
sillectomy. Operations  of  more  than  usual  interest  were  the  re- 
moval of  an  extra  thumb  which  a  ten-year  old  girl  has  had  from 
birth  and  one  for  a  deviated  septum  with  plastic  surgery  on  the 
nose  of  a  post-graduate  pupil.  This  pupil  had  an  unsightly  nose, 
and  this  operation  did  much  to  improve  her  appearance,  and  to 
make  her  more  acceptable  for  employment.  Another  operation  of 
interest  was  that  for  a  dislocated  shoulder  of  Perry  Norris,  deaf- 
blind  boy  from  Alabama.  Through  this  operation  Perry  was  able 
to  regain  use  of  his  arms  and  hands  which  had  hampered  greatly 
his  educational  progress  as  well  as  his  activities.  One  death  must 
be  reported,  that  of  Ronald  Nunes  of  acute  rheumatic  fever  at  the 
Providence  Hospital  on  April  14.  He  left  school  in  March  to  return 
to  his  home  when  the  illness  became  acute. 

The  usual  program  of  tests  was  administered  to  all  new  pupils 
and  all  were  immunized  against  smallpox,  diptheria  and  scarlet 
fever.  Widal  tests  were  done  on  all  new  members  of  the  household 
staff.  Chest  X-Rays  were  taken  for  all  pupils  in  the  school  at  a 
Public  Health  Tuberculosis  Clinic  and  with  one  or  two  exceptions, 
all  members  of  the  staff  and  household  personnel  voluntarily  had 
X-Rays  taken  by  the  State  Public  Health  Tuberculosis  Clinic  which 
was  trying  to  X-Ray  every  person  in  Watertown. 

Miss  Shirley  L.  Smith,  our  blind  physio-therapist  during  the 
year,  gave  4,291  ultra  violet  treatments  and  over  a  thousand  mechan- 
otherapy treatments,  supervised  oral  physical  therapy  treatments 
recommended  by  Dr.  Ober  and  gave  general  supervision  to  programs 

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for  improving  posture  in  the  school.  During  the  summer  Miss 
Smith  was  employed  as  a  physio-therapist  in  the  office  of  Dr.  Ober. 
Dr.  Ruelberg  and  Dr.  Elliott  continued  through  the  year  to  come 
out  one  day  a  week  to  care  for  the  dental  needs  of  the  pupils.  The 
study  being  carried  on  in  the  kindergarten  by  Tufts  Medical  School 
on  the  effect  of  fluorin  has  continued  through  the  year.  AH  pupils 
in  the  Upper  School  received  prophylactic  treatments  at  the  Forsyth 
Dental  Infirmary. 

Care  of  the  Eyes 

The  care  of  the  eyes  is  probably  one  of  the  most  important 
aspects  of  the  health  program.  Dr.  Gundersen,  assisted  by  Dr. 
Clough,  was  able  this  year  to  check  carefully  the  vision  of  all  new 
pupils  and  to  go  over  all  of  the  other  pupils,  testing  their  visual 
acuity  and  making  recommendations  which  would  help  or  restore 
vision.  Under  this  program  there  were  twelve  eye  operations  per- 
formed at  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  and  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  three  eye  operations  during  the  summer.  Dr. 
Clough  refracted  a  great  many  pupils  and  28  were  fitted  for  new 
glasses.  Thirteen  prostheses  were  obtained  and  contact  lens  service 
for  plastic  eyes  was  provided  for  pupils.  This  year,  Dr.  Merrill 
King,  now  in  charge  of  work  with  retrolental  fibroplasia  patients 
at  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  made  two  visits  to 
Perkins  and  while  here  examined  eight  children  who  had  lost  their 
sight  from  that  cause.  Visits  to  clinics  during  the  year  numbered 
eighty-two.  A  new  whirligig  type  eye  chart  was  added  to  the 
clinic  equipment  this  year  with  which  careful  acuity  tests  were 
given.  On  the  basis  of  these  tests,  recommendations  were  made  re- 
garding those  who  had  enough  vision  to  be  taught  by  visual  methods. 
These  tests  also  revealed  that  fifteen  pupils  had  sufficient  sight  to 
be  considered  for  admission  to  public  school  or  sight  saving  classes. 
This  improved  vision  was  due  to  successful  operations,  better  living 
conditions  at  Perkins  or  greater  utilization  of  sight. 

When  the  recommendations  of  the  ophthalmologist  were  re- 
ceived regarding  sending  pupils  to  public  schools,  we  felt  the  re- 
sponsibility of  giving  each  case  very  careful  consideration,  because 
there  are  many  problems  beyond  visual  acuity  to  be  considered  in 
making  such  a  transfer.  The  record  of  each  child  was  carefully 
studied,  his  parents  were  consulted,  contacts  were  made  with  schools 
in  home  communities  and  arrangements  were  finally  made  for  the 
fifteen  pupils  to  be  transferred  to  begin  their  school  work  elsewhere 

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Children  of  the  Silent  Night 
Deaf-Blind  children  enjoying 
music  by  vibration 


TALKING  BY  VIBRATION  ^  ,       — 


next  year.  It  is  our  policy,  when  these  transfers  are  made,  to  con- 
tinue the  boys  and  girls  on  our  rolls  for  a  year,  so  that  if  adjust- 
ment is  not  adequately  made,  they  can  return  here  as  pupils.  We, 
however,  follow  them  during  the  year,  giving  assistance  to  the 
teachers  in  the  local  schools  and  helping  in  any  way  that  we  can, 
so  that  this  plan  of  putting  children  back  into  the  seeing  world 
can  be  successfully  accomplished. 

The  mental  health  of  the  pupils  has  not  been  overlooked  during 
the  year.  Dr.  Herbert  Barry,  the  psychiatrist,  has  continued  his 
regular  service  as  consultant,  coming  to  the  school  on  Friday  morn- 
ings. He  interviewed  all  new  Upper  School  pupils  and  in  addition, 
about  forty  others  who  appeared  to  have  problems  or  difficulties. 
The  opportunity  for  the  pupils  to  discuss  their  personal  problems 
with  someone  not  attached  directly  to  the  school  is  very  helpful 
and  enables  the  worker  to  treat  the  problems  from  an  objective 
point  of  view  and  to  insure  the  pupils  of  strict  confidence,  which 
means  a  great  deal  to  them. 

Staff  Changes 

Fewer  changes  were  made  in  the  staff  this  year  than  in  many 
previous  years.  While  ten  withdrew,  there  were  nine  replace- 
ments. In  March,  Miss  Marjorie  F.  Ritchie,  secretary  to  the 
Social  Worker  resigned  and  her  place  was  taken  by  Miss  Joan  Baum, 
formerly  assistant  in  the  bookkeeper's  office.  To  take  Miss  Baum's 
place.  Miss  Beverley  Havener  was  engaged  in  June.  In  April,  Miss 
Catherine  S.  Benson  was  engaged  as  secretary  to  the  Director. 
Resignations  in  June  in  the  Upper  School  were  Philip  G.  Worrick, 
director  of  Physical  Education;  Mrs.  Virginia  B.  Raymond  of  the 
Music  Department,  Miss  Helen  Dunne  of  the  Manual  Training  De- 
partment, and  Miss  Arlene  I.  Eccles,  Home  Economics  Department. 
Miss  Aline  McDowell,  in  charge  of  the  visual  aid  program  in  the 
Lower  School,  resigned  to  become  Dean  of  Girls  at  the  Kingswood 
School  near  Detroit.  Mrs.  Rose  M.  Vivian  and  Mrs.  Carol  M. 
Moles,  teachers  in  the  Deaf-Blind  Department,  and  Miss  Mildred 
Hartford,  attendant,  concluded  their  work  in  June. 

Four  new  teachers  joined  the  staff  at  the  opening  of  school  in 
September;  Miss  Linda  L.  Mosher,  Mount  Holyoke  '45  and  Harvard 
Class  '46  to  teach  in  the  Kindergarten;  Miss  Shirley  A.  Drucker, 
who  received  her  Master's  degree  from  Columbia  in  June,  to  teach 
part  of  the  6th  grade;  Miss  Janet  G.  Chick,  Simmons  '43,  to  teach 
Home  Economics  and  Frank  Hilliard,  graduate  of  Perkins  to  be 


instructor  in  chair  caning  in  the  Manual  Arts  Department.  Mr. 
C.  C.  Pappas,  University  of  Connecticut  '45  became  teacher  of 
Science  late  in  September.  Miss  Caroline  H.  Gray,  Pembroke  '45 
became  teacher  in  the  Girls'  Manual  Training  Department  in  Octo- 
ber. Mrs.  Margaret  Fairweather  was  engaged  as  Matron  of  Potter 
Cottage  to  succeed  Mrs.  Hunt,  who  was  transferred  to  Bridgman 
Cottage. 

Benjamin  F.  Smith,  master  of  Potter  Cottage  and  teacher  in 
the  Lower  School,  was  transferred  to  the  Upper  School  where  he  is 
master  of  Bridgman  Cottage  and  acting  Physical  Education  di- 
rector. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  P.  Jenkins,  who  were  master  and 
matron  at  Bridgman  Cottage,  as  a  war  service,  returned  to  their 
home  adjoining  Perkins,  but  both  will  continue  as  teachers  in  the 
Music  Department.  Miss  Harriet  M.  Phillips,  graduate  of  the 
Maxwell  Training  School  for  Teachers,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  edi- 
phonist  in  the  Director's  office  and  formerly  a  teacher  in  the  New 
York  schools,  assumed  a  teaching  position  in  the  Kindergarten  unit 
in  September.  Miss  Ethel  M,  Evans,  teacher  in  the  Upper  School, 
returned  to  the  Lower  School  to  teach  part  of  the  6th  grade  and 
to  act  as  Supervisor  of  the  Primary  grades, 

Mr.  John  F.  Hartwell,  who  has  been  associated  with  the  Music 
Department  for  45  years,  as  organist  under  Mr.  Gardner's  leader- 
ship and  director  since  1932,  retired  January  1  after  concluding  the 
series  of  Christmas  Concerts.  Mr.  Hartwell  has  been  a  valuable 
member  of  the  department,  and  has  done  much  to  build  up  the 
high  prestige  of  Perkins  music.  He  had,  however,  reached  the  age 
for  retirement  and  it  was  necessaory  to  fill  his  place.  After  careful 
consideration  it  was  decided  to  appoint  as  Mr.  Hartwell's  successor, 
Mr.  Paul  L.  Bauguss,  who  has  been  associated  with  the  Music 
Department  since  1935  on  a  part-time  basis'.  Mr.  Bauguss  has  had 
charge  of  instrumental  music  and  has  also  taught  piano  in  the 
Lower  School.  He  has  been  instructor  of  instrumental  music  at 
St.  Paul's  School  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  and  has  had  wide 
experience  in  leading  choral  and  instrumental  groups.  Mr.  Bauguss 
is  a  graduate  of  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music,  and  has 
studied  choral  and  orchestral  directing  at  Tanglewood  under  the 
director  of  the  Boston  Symphony  Orchestra.  He  assumed  his  new 
duties  at  Perkins  at  the  opening  of  the  new  school  year. 

Events  of  the  Year 
Having  reviewed  the  general  program  and  the  activities  of  the 
pupils,  we  may  now  turn  to  certain  events  which  take  place  year 

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after  year  and  although  routine  in  character  have  renewed  interest 
each  year  because  of  the  change  of  pupils  and  staff.  During  the 
fall  of  1946  the  staff  and  pupils  contributed  their  share  to  the 
Community  Fund  and  this  amounted  to  $875.90.  Early  in  the  new 
year  the  campaign  of  the  American  Red  Cross  was  held  and  the 
staff  and  pupils  contributed  $490.80.  The  program  of  classes  in 
adult  education,  initiated  a  year  ago  was  continued  this  year  with 
two  groups  meeting  on  Thursday  evenings  throughout  the  winter 
term.  One  was  a  course  in  Music  Appreciation  offered  by  Mr. 
Jenkins  and  the  other  was  a  course  in  metal  work  conducted  in  the 
school  shops  by  Mr.  Gittzus. 

Over  the  week-end  of  October  1,  pupils  attended  retreats 
planned  by  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind  and  conferences  held  by 
the  Protestant  Guild  for  the  Blind.  Similar  week-end  activities 
were  held  over  the  week-end  of  May  3.  On  the  evening  of  October 
9  the  staff  gathered  at  the  Director's  Cottage  for  the  annual  recep- 
tion. The  week-end  of  October  25  was  notable  for  five  Perkins 
girls,  who  attended  the  Girls'  Field  Day  at  the  Overbrook  School 
for  the  Blind  where  they  joined  with  representatives  of  four  other 
schools  for  a  very  happy  occasion. 

November  7  was  observed  in  the  Lower  School  as  Founder's 
Day,  when  a  delightful  pageant  picturing  the  life  of  Michael 
Anagnos,  Founder  of  the  Kindergarten  was  presented.  Gene  Autry 
with  three  musical  cowboys  entertained  the  pupils  at  Perkins  on 
November  11.  On  November  11,  Samuel  Gridley  Howe,  the  first 
Director,  was  remembered  on  his  Birthday,  before  the  assembled 
Upper  School.  Exercises  were  conducted  by  the  pupils  with  Edward 
S.  Moseley  presiding.  An  interesting  talk  was  given  by  Mr.  H.  H. 
Richards  of  Groton,  grandson  of  Dr.  Howe,  who  told  of  Mrs.  Elliott, 
Dr.  Howe's  daughter,  still  living  in  Newport,  and  of  her  activity 
at  the  age  of  92,  Eliot  Cottage  was  host  to  all  of  the  cottages  on 
the  boys'  side  at  a  football  banquet  on  the  evening  of  November  23, 
culminating  a  successful  football  season  of  games  between  cottages 
with  Eliot  winning  the  Director's  cup.  Many  pupils  went  home 
over  the  Thanksgiving  week-end. 

The  Christmas  Concerts 

The  month  of  December  was  spent  primarily  in  preparing  for 
the  Christmas  concerts  which  were  held  this  year  on  Sunday  after- 
noon, December  15,  Tuesday  evening,  December  17  and  Thursday 
evening,  December  19.     After  the  last  concert,  pupils  went  home 

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for  the  Christmas  holidays.  During  the  week  before  Christinas 
vacation  a  program  of  Christmas  music  in  the  Chapel  was  recorded 
by  the  representatives  of  WBZ.  These  recordings  were  broadcast 
over  WBZ  on  Christmas  morning  at  9.30,  which  gave  many  of  the 
chorus  an  opportunity  to  hear  themselves  while  at  home. 

The  first  event  of  special  interest  in  the  New  Year  was  on 
January  13  when  a  group  of  Perkins  pupils  took  part  in  the  broad- 
cast over  WBZ  known  as  the  "Quiz  of  the  Two  Cities."  Former 
pupils  of  Perkins  in  Providence  competed  with  and  lost  to  the 
present  pupils  with  a  score  of  175  to  115.  On  January  30  the 
Girls'  Glee  Club  made  a  great  hit  at  the  tremendous  meeting  held 
in  the  Boston  Garden  in  connection  with  the  "March  of  Dimes" 
Campaign  to  raise  money  for  the  Infantile  Paralysis  Committee. 
On  February  15  and  22,  the  Boys'  Trio  broadcast  over  WEEI. 
Perkins  received  a  citation  from  the  Tub  Thumpers  of  America, 
an  organization  made  up  of  advertising  and  public  relations  men, 
at  their  annual  dinner  at  the  Copley  Plaza  on  February  21.  During 
the  winter  term,  dances  were  held  on  several  Saturday  evenings  by 
the  boys  and  by  the  girls.  The  wrestling  team  had  several  matches, 
but  did  not  have  a  successful  season.  In  May  they  took  part  in 
the  Eastern  A.  A.  of  Schools  for  the  Blind  tournament  at  Balti- 
more finishing  in  fifth  place.  During  this  term  the  usual  recitals 
of  the  groups  within  the  Music  Department  were  held,  and  these 
continued  through  the  spring  term.  A  notable  recital  in  this 
group  was  one  given  on  the  evening  of  June  3  by  the  three  Greek 
boys  in  residence  at  the  school.  Two  are  successful  pianists  and 
one  is  a  talented  flutist. 

Successful  Pops  Concerts 

The  outstanding  event  of  the  spring  was  the  series  of  Pops 
Concerts  held  on  the  evenings  of  April  15,  17,  and  18,  when  the 
Girls'  Glee  Club  and  boys  of  the  chorus  gave  programs  of  popular 
music  dramatically  set  and  illuminated.  Large  audiences  appeared 
on  the  three  evenings,  and  over  $500.  was  raised  to  support  the 
theatrical  fund  and  the  boys  athletic  program.  Twenty  members  of 
the  staff  of  the  New  York  Institute  for  the  Blind  spent  April  17 
and  18  visiting  Perkins  Classrooms  and  attending  the  Pops  Concert. 
On  May  14  the  Girls'  Glee  Club  journeyed  to  Tabor  Academy  for  an 
aftei^noon  of  sailing  and  a  concert  in  the  evening. 

On  the  afternoon  and  evening  of  May  24  the  Massachusetts 
Council  of  Organizations  for  the  Blind  held  its  Annual  Meeting. 

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The  Pekkins  Class  of  1947 

Lorraine  N.  Gaudreau,  Margaret  D.  Lally, 

Elena  M.  Landi,  Priscilla  Blakely, 

Marjorie  E.  Drinkwine,  Mary 

Drake,  Marilyn  Roode 


and  Francis  Cordeau 


In  the  afternoon  there  was  a  demonstration  of  devices  being  de- 
veloped for  the  blind  by  the  American  Foundation  for  the  Blind, 
and  in  the  evening  in  addition  to  the  business  meeting,  addresses 
were  given  by  the  Honorable  James  F.  Hannon,  Perkins  graduate 
and  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  House  of  Representatives ;  Mr. 
James  W.  McGreal,  a  blind  man  who  now  is  executive  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Association  for  the  Blind,  but  who  was  a  member  of  the 
Perkins  staff  during  1945-46;  and  Professor  Donald  G.  Morgan,  a 
former  member  of  the  Harvard  Class  and  now  associate  professor 
of  American  history  at  Mount  Holyoke  College.  The  theme  of  the 
program  was  to  emphasize  the  important  places  being  filled  in  this 
country  by  blind  men  and  women. 

On  the  afternoon  and  evening  of  May  26,  twenty-one  boys 
visited  the  Boston  and  Maine  railroad  yards  to  inspect  Diesel 
engines  and  to  have  supper  at  the  Railroad  YMCA  as  guests  of 
officials  of  the  railroad.  During  the  spring  over  a  hundred  boys 
and  girls  of  the  Upper  School  had  opportunity  to  attend  the  Red 
Sox  baseball  games  through  arrangements  made  by  Mrs.  Hemphill. 
The  picnics  and  parties  usually  held  in  the  closing  days  of  school 
were  carried  out  as  before  the  war.  Busloads  of  pupils  went  to 
beaches  and  country  places  for  all  day  picnics  and  parties,  where 
everyone  had  a  good  time  with  the  usual  number  of  sunburns  and 
much  excitement. 

During  the  summer  26  girls  vacationed  at  Camp  Allen,  while 
12  boys  went  to  camps  for  seeing  boys.  One  boy  attended  the  Air 
Scout  Encampment  at  Stuart  Field,  West  Point,  New  York. 

The  Senior  Class 

The  Senior  Class  this  year,  made  up  of  seven  girls  and  one  boy, 
proved  to  be  a  notable  and  interesting  group.  After  the  spring 
vacation,  the  seven  girls  moved  into  Bennett  Cottage,  the  Home 
Economics  Cottage,  where  they  lived  as  a  group  with  Miss  Car- 
penter, Supervisor  of  Girls,  for  the  spring  term.  This  proved  to 
be  a  very  delightful  and  unifying  experience.  This  class  in  many 
ways  represents  Perkins  education  more  completely  than  any  recent 
group.  The  one  boy  in  the  class  entered  Perkins  in  1933  at  the 
age  of  eight,  after  attending  one  year  of  public  school.  Four  of 
the  girls  began  their  schooling  in  the  Kindergarten  or  first  grade, 
and  have  continued  together  ever  since,  forming  a  very  close  friend- 
ship. The  other  three  girls  entered  Perkins  in  1941,  1942  and  1943, 
respectively,  and  have  effectively  merged  themselves  into  the  class. 

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The  residence  in  Bennett  during  the  spring  term  did  much  to  bring 
unity  to  the  girls'  group.  An  interesting  and  novel  experience  this 
year,  was  a  trip  to  New  York  City  by  six  of  the  seven  girls  over 
the  week-end  of  May  30.  They  visited  the  Statue  of  Liberty, 
Radio  City  and  had  the  thrill  of  being  in  a  large  hotel  where  they 
enjoyed  service  in  many  forms.  The  money  for  this  experience 
was  raised  by  the  girls  in  the  girls'  store,  a  stunt  night  and  other 
programs  held  throughout  the  year.  They  were  accompanied  on 
this  trip  by  Miss  Carpenter  and  Miss  Pinkham. 

Graduation  was  held  on  Thursday,  June  12.  Presiding  at  the 
exercises  was  Mr.  Robert  H.  Hallowell,  who  took  the  place  of  the 
new  President,  Dr.  Reginald  Fitz,  who  was  unable  to  be  present 
because  of  attendance  at  the  convention  of  the  American  Medical 
Association.  The  address  was  given  by  the  Rev.  John  J.  Connolly, 
formerly  the  director  of  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind  and  now 
pastor  of  St.  Bridget's  Church  in  Framingham.  In  addition  to  the 
diplomas  signifying  completion  of  requirements  for  graduation 
from  high  school,  certificates  were  given  to  Joseph  Pieler  and 
Bruno  Kiwior  as  piano  tuners  and  to  Rose  Miscio,  for  completing 
the  work  in  the  Pianoforte  Normal  Department.  Four  of  the  girls 
of  the  Senior  Class  are  planning  to  attend  college ;  Priscilla  Blakely, 
Jackson  College;  Lorraine  Gaudreau,  Syracuse  University,  School 
of  Journalism;  Marilyn  Roode,  Music  Courses  at  Rivier  College, 
Nashua,  New  Hampshire  and  Margaret  Lally,  New  England  Con- 
servatory of  Music.  Mary  Drake  is  to  return  to  Perkins  for  post- 
graduate work  while  Marjorie  Drinkwine  and  Elena  Landi  received 
certificates  as  efficient  Ediphone  operators  and  have  since  found 
employment  in  that  field.  Norma  Farrar,  Perkins  '46  and  post- 
graduate student  this  year,  has  been  admitted  to  the  University 
of  New  Hampshire.  Rose  Miscio,  post-graduate  student  this  year 
has  entered  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music. 

Honors  to  Graduates 

As  we  review  the  year  beyond  the  school  there  are  certain 
honors  which  have  come  to  some  of  our  graduates  which  should  be 
reported.  Mary  Eunice  French,  Perkins  1889,  ten  times  elected 
President  of  the  Perkins  Alumnae,  and  for  42  years  Home  Teacher 
in  Rhode  Island  and  a  pioneer  in  that  field,  retired  in  the  early 
fall.  A  reception  was  given  in  her  honor  on  October  16  in  Provi- 
dence, when  the  Governor  and  others  paid  tribute  to  her.  In  June, 
the  Rhode  Island  State  College  of  Education  gave  recognition  to 

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her  achievement  in  bestowing  upon  her  the  honorary  degree  of 
Master  of  Education.  Peter  J.  Salmon,  Perkins  1914,  was  given  a 
testimonial  dinner  in  New  York  on  June  9  by  the  Trustees  of  the 
Industrial  Home  for  the  Blind  of  which  he  is  Director,  in  recogni- 
tion of  30  years  of  service  with  that  organization.  The  Industrial 
Home  operates,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Salmon,  one  of  the 
largest  workshops  for  the  blind  in  the  country.  Mr.  Salmon  also 
received  the  Migel  Medal  awarded  annually  by  the  American  Founda- 
tion for  the  Blind  for  outstanding  services  to  the  blind.  The  Shot- 
well  Medal,  awarded  by  the  American  Association  of  Workers  for 
the  Blind  biennially  to  someone  who  has  achieved  distinction  in  the 
field  was  granted  this  year  to  Miss  Florence  E.  Birchard,  who, 
although  not  a  Perkins  graduate,  has  been  closely  in  touch  with 
Perkins,  having  served  many  Perkins  people  through  the  years  in 
which  she  was  the  placement  officer  for  the  Massachusetts  Division 
for  the  Blind. 

Theodore  Leutz,  Perkins  1896  and  Edward  Scheurer,  Perkins 
1899,  associated  with  the  Massachusetts  Division  of  the  Blind  from 
its  beginning  in  1906  as  field  workers,  were  retired  this  year  and 
tribute  was  paid  from  many  sources  to  their  faithful  service. 
Edward  W.  Jenkins,  Perkins  1922,  a  member  of  the  Music  Faculty, 
was  made  a  Fellow  by  Trinity  College  of  Music,  London,  England 
in  June.  John  Morrison,  Perkins  1939,  and  graduate  of  Notre 
Dame  University,  received  a  Ph.D.  degree  from  that  University  in 
June  and  was  appointed  instructor  of  Philosophy  in  the  Graduate 
School.  Ralph  Feliciano,  Perkins  1936,  received  the  B.  S.  degree 
from  Boston  College  in  June.  Faye  George,  Perkins  1945,  a  student 
at  Middlebury  College,  served  during  the  year  as  secretary  of  her 
class.  The  Perkins  Alumnae  Scholarship  has  been  awarded  to  her 
for  the  second  year. 

A  Study  op  Employment 

A  study  which  may  have  a  bearing  on  our  educational  results 
was  made  this  year  by  a  student  of  Simmons  College  School  of 
Social  Work,  as  a  thesis  for  a  master's  degree.  This  graduate 
student  made  a  survey  of  the  45  pupils  who  were  graduated  from 
Perkins  from  1940  to  and  including  1946.  The  purpose  was  to  as- 
certain the  opportunity  for  work  and  their  economic  security. 
There  were  25  young  women  and  20  men  in  the  group.  Five  of  the 
young  women  were  married  and  living  at  home.  Of  the  men,  14 
were  employed  and  six  were  in  college,  and  of  the  women,  excluding 

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the  five  homemakers,  all  but  three  had  regular  employment.  The 
total  of  45  was  made  up  in  this  way :  3  women  unemployed,  9  in  col- 
lege and  28  fully  employed.  The  employment  covered  5  attendants 
in  hospitals  or  schools,  4  factory  workers,  3  office  workers,  2  switch- 
board operators,  2  social  workers,  1  full  time  employed  musician, 
6  men  and  3  women  in  the  state  workshops,  and  2  poultry  raisers. 
Three  of  the  group  were  living  with  their  families,  and  it  is  diffi- 
cult to  state  their  self-sufficiency,  but  the  writer  rated  19  as  wholly 
self-supporting,  9  as  partially  self-supporting,  5  supported  by 
husbands  and  3  by  parents.  The  9  college  students  were  not  in- 
cluded. The  income  for  those  employed  ranged  form  $10.  a  week  to 
$50.  a  week,  with  the  average  falling  between  $15.  and  $21.  a 
week,  not  including  maintenance  for  those  who  worked  in  institu- 
tions. An  appraisal  of  the  economic  security  of  the  group  classified 
30  or  two-thirds  as  good,  12  as  fair  and  only  3  as  poor. 

The  Annual  Report  for  1939  contained  a  report  of  a  similar 
study  made  of  the  pupils  who  were  graduated  from  Perkins  between 
1925  and  1935.  That  study  reported  60  per-cent  of  the  graduates 
as  fully  employed,  25  per-cent  partly  employed,  and  15  per-cent  not 
employed.  Reducing  the  present  study  to  these  figures,  we  find, 
excluding  the  college  students,  56  per-cent  fully  employed,  27  per- 
cent partly  employed  and  17  per-cent  not  employed.  This  shows  a 
relatively  similar  situation,  although  in  1939  the  statement  regard- 
ing fully  employed  was  not  considered  valid  because  about  half 
of  those  included  in  that  group  were  employed  by  WPA.  The 
present  situation  is  better,  for,  excluding  the  6  in  the  State  Work- 
shops, all  others  are  engaged  in  competitive  industry  or  in  insti- 
tutions. The  numbers  in  both  studies  are  too  small  to  give  a 
basis  for  really  vital  statistics,  but  they  are  interesting  and  help 
us  as  we  try  to  prepare  our  pupils  for  livelihood  and  future 
work. 

A  Study  of  Intelligence 
Two  other  studies  made  this  year  concern  the  intelligence  rat- 
ings and  the  visual  acuities  of  the  pupils  in  the  school  this  year. 
In  the  Annual  Report  of  1937,  the  results  of  similar  studies 
were  printed.  A  comparison  of  the  study  of  the  intelligence  quo- 
tients of  the  present  pupil  population  with  that  study  made  in  1937 
is  significant  only  in  the  fact  that  the  situation  has  not  changed 
in  the  decade.  Again  we  should  state  that  although  we  usually 
consider  70  as  the  minimum  I.  Q.  for  admission  and  retention  in 

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the  school,  this  year,  as  ten  years  ago,  we  have  a  number  who  are 
below  that  rating.  They  are  here  because  of  the  policy,  stated  in 
the  1937  report  of  admitting  a  number  of  questionable  children, 
"with  the  hope  that  in  the  environment  of  our  school  and  with  the 
special  facilities  both  for  educational  and  physical  development,  we 
can  bring  them  up  to  a  higher  level  of  ability."  This  situation  re- 
mains the  same.  Again  we  could  almost  repeat  our  statement  of 
ten  years  ago  that  if  one  studies  the  graph  illustrating  the  range  of 
I.  Q.'S  in  the  school,  he  will  see  that  beginning  at  70  there  is  an 
ascent  until  about  100  or  110,  after  which  the  descent  begins  until 
it  reaches  the  level  at  about  140,  with  again,  as  ten  years  ago,  one 
pupil  who  has  the  unusual  I.  Q.  of  170.  The  significance  of  these 
comparisons  is  that  intellectually  the  school  population  remains 
practically  the  same. 

We  are  aware  that  there  are  some  who  feel  that  the  mental 
ability  of  pupils  in  schools  for  the  blind  is  decreasing.  Our  rec- 
ords do  not  sustain  that  opinion.  The  children  in  the  low  intelli- 
gence range,  who  are  relatively  few  in  number,  still  give  us  concern 
and  revive  the  question  that  has  been  raised  in  Annual  Reports  over 
many  years,  how  to  meet  the  need  for  better  facilities  for  these 
children  where  they  will  not  suffer  from  competition  with  boys  and 
girls  of  higher  intelligence,  but  may  have  a  program  which  will  be 
within  their  range  of  attainment.  We  discussed  previously  the 
possibility  of  a  farm  school  for  these  children  geared  to  their  needs. 
More  recently  there  has  been  agitation  for  the  establishment  of 
schools  for  the  seeing  retarded  with  definite  provision  for  blind  re- 
tarded children.  Under  legislation  passed  a  year  ago,  there  is  now 
some  exploration  of  this  possibility  within  the  Walter  E.  Fernald 
School.  Perkins  is  ready  to  co-operate  in  any  project  that  will  help 
children  who  are  not  intellectually  able  to  cope  with  our  program, 
but  who  are  deserving  of  training  commensurate  with  their  abili- 
ties. 

A  Study  of  Vision 

A  comparison  of  the  studies  of  visual  acuities  reveal  some 
interesting  changes  between  1937  and  1947.  They  are  best  pre- 
sented in  these  statistical  tabulations : 

Nil-1/200      2/200-9/200      10/200-19/200    20/200    20/200+ 


1937 

132  50 

66  26 

45 

16 

14  5 

9 

3 

1947 

130  47 

40  16 

25 

10 

61  23 

11 

4 

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A  study  of  these  figures  shows  that  in  the  lowest  range 
of  vision,  those  testing  from  nil  to  1/200,  there  has  been  no 
change  in  a  decade.  In  1937  we  had  in  this  group  132  pupils  con- 
stituting 50%  of  our  enrollment,  while  in  1947  there  were  130  pu- 
pils or  47%.  In  the  groupings  beyond  this  there  are  sizeable  de- 
creases until  we  come  to  the  maximum  range  of  vision,  20/200, 
where  there  is  a  gain  from  14  pupils  to  61,  or  from  5%  to  23%, 
Also  in  the  group  with  vision  better  than  20/200,  there  are  11  or 
4%  in  1947,  compared  with  9  or  3%  in  1937.  Dividing  the  total 
number  of  pupils  into  two  groups,  those  with  vision  under  10/200 
and  those  with  better  vision,  we  find  that  in  1937,  the  first  group 
constituted  76%  of  the  entire  school,  while  in  1947  is  was  reduced 
to  63%  and  the  second  group  has  changed  from  24%  in  1937  to 
37%  in  1947. 

The  group  that  gives  us  concern  is  the  high  number  with  max- 
imum  vision  within  the  definition  of  blindness  and  those  beyond 
that.  A  careful  study  was  made  this  spring  of  all  who  were  in  that 
group,  and  it  was  on  the  basis  of  this  study  that  recommendation 
was  made  for  the  transfer  of  fifteen  boys  and  girls  to  the  public 
schools  to  attend  either  regular  classes  or  sight  saving  classes. 
These  transfers  were  made  partly  to  rectify  this  situation  but 
chiefly  because  we  hold  that  Perkins  is  a  school  for  boys  and  girls 
who  are  legally  blind,  and  that  every  effort  must  be  made  on  our 
part  to  see  that  those  with  enough  vision  to  attend  regular  school 
have  that  opportuniy  and  support.  On  the  other  hand,  these  find- 
ings confirm  our  statement  of  the  previous  year  that  schools  for  the 
blind  must  be  re-adapting  their  programs  so  that  they  may  have  the 
techniques  and  facilities  to  train  by  visual  methods,  those  pupils 
who  can  use  their  sight,  but  who  are  still  within  the  definition  of 
blindness. 

In  the  Annual  Report  of  1942  we  made  a  brief  reference  to, 
and  a  comparison  with  the  1937  figures.  At  that  time  we  recom- 
mended to  the  Trustees  three  principles  which  were  approved:  (1) 
That  20/200  vision  be  still  considered  the  maximum  amount  of  sight 
for  admission  of  pupils  into  the  school:  (2)  That  Braille  still  be 
taught  as  the  chief  means  of  instruction  and  that  all  pupils  be 
required  to  learn  to  write  Braille:  (3)  That  provision  be  made  for 
pupils  with  sufficient  vision  to  use  ink  print  for  reading  and  that 
books  with  suitable  type  be  procured,  and  that  adequate  lighting 
facilities  for  the  reading  of  ink  print  be  provided.  We  still  adhere 
to  these  principles  and  during  the  past  five  years  steps  have  been 

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taken  for  providing  a  program  of  visual  aids.  A  special  room  has 
been  equipped  and  during  the  past  year  instruction  has  been  given 
to  boys  and  girls  to  enable  them  to  learn  to  read  and  write  ink 
print,  and  to  use  this  ability  as  it  is  acquired  in  connection  with 
their  class  work.  These  pupils,  however,  are  not  segregated  from 
other  pupils,  but  go  into  their  regular  classes  with  provision  for 
the  use  of  sight  in  special  subjects.  We  still  have  the  problem  of 
finding  adequate  textbooks,  and  it  is  toward  the  solution  of  this 
problem  that  we  have  become  so  interested  in  the  development  of 
magnifying  devices  which  will  make  possible  the  use  of  regular 
textbooks. 

Evaluating  Devices 

The  last  two  Annual  Eeports  have  contained  references  to 
projects  for  the  development  of  devices  which  will  magnify  ordin- 
ary ink  print  to  such  an  extent  that  it  can  be  read  by  partially  see- 
ing people.  These  developments  were  initiated  by  Perkins  and  we 
have  continued  to  follow  them  with  considerable  interest  and  con- 
tribution. Last  year's  report  told  of  contracts  made  by  the  National 
Research  Council  through  its  Committee  on  Sensory  Devices,  with 
the  Dartmouth  Eye  Institute  for  the  development  of  magnifying 
devices  by  direct  viewing  lens  and  with  the  Franklin  Institute  in 
Philadelphia  for  the  development  of  devices  on  the  projection  prin- 
ciple. The  original  Dartmouth  Report  had  recommended  that  a 
project  be  set  up  to  test  the  devices  developed  and  especially  to 
study  psychological  problems  which  might  interfere  with  their  op- 
timum use.  A  contract  to  carry  out  such  a  study  was  granted  by 
the  National  Research  Council  to  Perkins  Institution  in  November. 

While  the  Director  acted  as  the  legal  officer  of  the  project, 
the  technical  supervision  was  assigned  to  Dr.  Walter  F.  Dearborn, 
Director  of  the  Psycho-educational  Clinic  at  Harvard  University 
who  had  assisting  him,  Dr.  Philip  W.  Johnston,  Head  of  the  Division 
of  Child  Hygiene,  Massachusetts  Department  of  Public  Health, 
Miss  Jane  Smith,  Psychometrist  and  Research  Assistant  at  Perkins 
Institution,  Dr.  Mary  E.  McGann  as  technical  aid  and  Gabriel  Far- 
rell,  Jr.  as  mechanical  technician.  On  December  6  an  all  day  meeting 
to  plan  the  program  and  to  discuss  some  of  the  problems  was  held 
by  an  Advisory  Committee  made  up  of  experts  in  optics,  opthalmolo- 
gists  and  persons  interested  in  the  blind.  The  study  was  hampered 
by  the  fact  that  the  devices  from  Dartmouth  did  not  arrive  until 
January  and  those  from  the  Franklin  Institute  were  not  received 

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until  March,  while  a  new  magnifier  was  received  from  the  Univers- 
ity of  Rochester  in  April.  An  entirely  new  device  on  the  projection 
principle  was  in  the  meantime  developed  here  at  Perkins.  Over 
200  subjects  were  tested  on  these  devices.  The  testees  included  par- 
tially seeing  pupils  at  Perkins,  pupils  in  the  sight-saving  classes  in 
several  communities,  older  persons  at  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and 
Ear  Infirmary  and  blinded  soldiers  with  some  vision  at  Old  Farms 
Convalescent  Hospital.  An  extensive  report  was  made  on  the  study 
and  submitted  to  the  National  Research  Council  after  June  30,  when 
the  project  terminated. 

Review  of  Devices 

While  the  contents  of  this  and  other  reports  are  still  within  the 
area  called  restricted,  it  is  possible  to  make  a  few  comments  upon 
the  several  studies  and  some  of  the  principles  determined.  Perkins 
was  assigned  the  project  of  studying  the  devices  made  available 
from  other  projects.  These  fell  into  two  groups,  those  on  the  direct 
viewing  principle  and  those  based  on  projection.  There  were  two 
direct  viewing  devices  made  at  the  Dartmouth  Eye  Institute,  one 
magnifying  two  times  and  the  other  two  and  a  half  times.  These 
were  quite  large  instruments  with  lens  four  and  a  half  inches  wide, 
supported  on  a  bar  which  permitted  extension  for  focusing  when 
directed  toward  the  book  to  be  read.  A  much  smaller  direct  view  de- 
vice was  developed  at  the  University  of  Rochester.  This  provided 
four  times  magnification  through  a  compact  case  which  rested  di- 
rectly upon  the  reading  matter  with  illumination  within.  Another 
direct  viewer  was  produced  by  Yale  and  Stocker,  a  local  optical  con- 
cern, which  supported  a  segment  of  a  lens  on  an  arm  which  per- 
mitted writing  to  be  done  under  the  lens  as  well  as  reading.  The 
projection  devices  were  made  at  Franklin  Institute,  on  a  quite  com- 
plicated design  which  projected  reading  matter  on  a  horizontal 
ground  glass  screen  and  two  others  following  the  same  principle,  but 
so  arranged  that  the  reading  matter  is  magnified  six  and  twenty-five 
times  and  projected  on  a  vertical  screen  at  the  level  of  the  eye. 
These  devices  are  large  cabinets  and  in  using  them  the  person  read- 
ing has  to  sit  behind  a  drawn  curtain  to  shut  out  the  outside  light. 

At  the  outset  of  this  whole  study  it  was  our  opinion  that  suffi- 
cient magnification  could  be  obtained  through  an  adequate  direct 
viewing  lens  and  it  was  on  this  conviction  that  we  set  down  the 
specifications  which  were  adequately  followed  in  the  development  of 
the  Dartmouth  devices.    Studies  proved  this  not  to  be  so  and  the 

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present  opinion  is  that  the  desired  results  are  more  apt  to  be  secured 
through  projection  than  through  direct  lens.  It  is  our  understand- 
ing that  scientists  in  England  have  been  studying  this  problem  also, 
and  that  they  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  projection  offers 
the  best  means  of  magnification,  although  we  are  not  familiar  with 
the  design  of  their  devices.  This  fact  led  those  in  charge  of  the 
project  at  Perkins  to  experiment  with  a  smaller  model  constructed 
on  the  projection  principle.  An  experimental  model  14''  long  and 
8''  wide  has  been  developed,  which  can  produce  four  times  magnifica- 
tion and  can  be  used  in  a  room  of  ordinary  illumination  without 
screening.  A  device  to  move  the  book  mechanically  has  been  pro- 
jected but  not  yet  developed.  It  is  hoped  that  means  will  be  found 
for  further  development  of  this  device,  as  we  feel  that  through  it 
we  are  approaching  a  solution  to  this  problem. 

This  brief  statement  of  these  studies  simply  shows  that  we  are 
just  about  where  we  started,  that  is,  in  need  of  a  good  magnifying 
device  which  will  enable  partially  seeing  people  to  use  ink  print 
books.  The  ground  work,  however,  has  been  done,  and  we  have  be- 
come aware  of  the  tremendous  complexity  of  the  problem,  both  op- 
tically and  mechanically.  Marked  differences  of  visual  acuity  and 
varying  eye  defects  make  it  impossible  to  secure  any  easy  answer 
to  the  problem  or  to  produce  any  one  simple  device  which  will  meet 
all  needs.  From  the  work  already  accomplished  great  appreciation 
must  be  expressed  for  the  support  and  foresight  of  the  Committee 
on  Sensory  Devices  under  the  chairmanship  of  Dr.  George  D.  Cor- 
ner of  the  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington,  and  of  the  help  of 
Mr.  A.  A.  Bombe,  the  Technical  Aid  on  these  projects.  Appreciation 
should  also  be  expressed  to  the  "Veterans  Administration  which  pro- 
vided the  funds  for  these  studies  as  well  as  many  others  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  soldiers  and  sailors  who  became  visually  handicapped 
in  World  War  II. 

Service  Programs  Close 
Last  year  in  our  Annual  Report  we  stated  that  the  program  of 
the  Navy  for  its  200  blinded  personnel  was  carried  on  in  the  Naval 
Hospital  in  Philadelphia  and  had  concluded  its  work  in  September 
1946.  The  Army,  with  a  total  of  about  1,000  blinded  soldiers,  con- 
tinued its  special  adjustment  center  at  Old  Farms  Convalescent 
Hospital  (Sp)  in  Avon,  Connecticut  until  June  30,  1947,  when  that 
installation  was  terminated.  The  Army  and  Navy  have  now  con- 
cluded all  provision  for  blinded  personnel  except  a  few  soldiers  who 

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remain  in  some  of  the  Army  hospitals  because  of  prolonged  hospi- 
talization. The  load  now  falls  on  the  Veterans  Administration. 
While  some  provision  had  been  made  during  the  war  years  to  re- 
ceive blinded  veterans  upon  their  return  to  their  homes  by  the  re- 
gional offices,  no  effective  and  far  reaching  program  on  the  higher 
levels  was  developed. 

The  Veterans  Program 

Early  in  1947  a  plan  was  developed  at  Washington  for  the  ere-, 
ation  of  the  office  of  Director  of  Services  for  the  Blind  and  the 
establishment  of  a  small  training  and  adjustment  center  at  one  of 
the  veterans'  hospitals.  This  had  reached  almost  the  final  stages 
when  provision  for  it  was  wiped  out  through  the  budget  reduction 
of  the  Veterans  Administration.  The  problem,  however,  of  meeting 
the  needs  of  blinded  veterans  was  increasing  rather  than  decreasing 
and  this  was  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  Veterans  Administra- 
tion by  the  Advisory  Citizens'  Committee.  The  Director  is  a  mem- 
ber of  that  committee  and  had  a  part  in  making  recommendations 
which  were  presented  by  the  Executive  Committee  to  General  Brad- 
ley, General  Hawley  and  Mr.  Stirling  at  the  Veterans  Administra- 
tion in  Washington  in  August.  These  high  officials  recognized 
the  problems  involved  and  although  they  would  have  preferred  to 
contract  for  the  services  needed  as  is  their  practice  with  other  dis- 
ability groups,  they  did  agree  to  open  a  center  which  would  receive 
the  men  who  did  not  complete  the  Old  Farms  training  and  those 
who  were  in  need  of  additional  training.  The  center  also  would  be 
prepared  to  receive  on  a  long  time  basis,  veterans  who  will,  during 
the  years,  lose  their  sight  and  need  specialized  adjustment.  Plans 
were  also  discussed  for  a  Co-ordinator  of  Services  of  the  Blind, 
and  this  program  is,  at  the  present  writing,  in  the  process  of  be- 
ing established.  While  the  number  of  blinded  veterans  from  World 
War  II  is  about  1200,  there  are  over  3000  veterans  who  are  blind 
from  other  wars  or  from  natural  causes.  There  will  also  be  an  in- 
creasing number  of  those  on  the  veterans'  rolls  who  will  lose  their 
sight  and  there  is  every  indication  that  for  the  next  ten  years  the 
load  will  increase  rather  than  decrease. 

In  addition  to  serving  on  the  Veterans  Advisory  Committee  and 
its  Executive  Committee,  the  Director  has  continued  as  Director 
and  Secretary  of  the  American  Foundation  for  the  Blind,  as  Director 
and  member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  American  Founda- 
tion for  Overseas  Blind  and  as  Director  and  member  of  the  Execu- 

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tive  Committee  of  the  Foundation  for  Vision,  Inc.,  which  carries  on 
research  and  other  activities  for  children  who  are  blind  through 
premature  birth.  He  has  continued  as  a  director  of  the  Eye  Bank 
for  Sight  Restoration,  Inc.  of  New  York  and  a  member  of  the  board 
of  the  local  branch  established  this  winter  in  Boston.  He  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Comittee  of  the  Social  Service  Depart- 
ment of  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  and  as  President 
of  the  Masachusetts  Council  of  Organizations  for  the  Blind.  For 
the  second  time  he  was  asked  and  prepared  this  winter  the  article 
on  "Blindness  in  the  United  States"  for  the  1947  issue  of  the  "So- 
cial Work  Year  Book"  published  by  the  Russell  Sage  Foundation. 
He  also  wrote  on  request,  the  article  on  the  blind  for  the  "En- 
cyclopedia of  Social  Welfare." 

Gabriel  Farrell,  Director. 


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DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH 

OPHTHALMOLOGIST'S  REPORT 
1946  —  1947 

DURING  THE  year  forty-six  new  students  were  examined  in 
our  eye  clinic.    The  following  is  a  classification  of  the  causes 
of  blindness  found  in  these  children. 

Eyeball:  Choroid  and  Retina: 

Hjrpertension     (glaucoma)     1  Chorioretinitis     1 

Myopia   1  Retinitis  Pigmentosa  7 

Structural  anomalies :  Retrolental    Fibroplasia    S 

Albinism    8  Retinoblastoma    1 

Microphthalmos   2 

Buphthalmos    3       Optic  Nerve: 

Degenerative    Changes  : 

Disorganized   Eyeball  Optic    Nerve   Atrophy    2 


(Phthisis    Bulbi)     3 

Macula    Degeneration    1       Miscellaneous  and  III  Defined: 


Cornea : 


Amblyopia  4 

Endophthalmitis    2 


Leucona    3              Intraocula   Infection    1 

Nebula  Opacity  Cornea   1              Vitreous    Hemorrhage    1 

Diagnosis    Deferred    2 

Total  46 


Crystalline  Lens: 

Cataract    4 


Etiological  Classification  is  as  follows: 

Congenital     80  Tumor: 

Infection    11  Brain    1 

Injury     3  Retinoblastoma    1 

Total     46 

There  were  eighty-two  clinic  visits  this  year. 

Eye  Clinic  at  Massachusetts  Examination  of  fields  at  Massa- 

Eye  and   Ear  Infirmary  24  chusetts  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary     3 

Opticians   at   Massachusetts    Eye  Doctor's    Office    8 

and    Ear   Infirmary    14  — 

Mager  and  Gougelman  for  Total     82 

prosthesis    29 

Contact  Lens  Service  for  plastic 

eyes     4 

Dr.  Joseph  Clough  refracted  a  good  many  pupils  this  year  with 
the  result  that  twenty-eight  pupils  were  fitted  to  new  glasses. 
Thirteen  prosthesis  were  obtained. 

The  following  operations  have  been  performed. 

Enucleation     2  Separated    Retina    1 

Plastic    to    Eyelids    2  Straightening  1 

Iridectomies    2  Goniotomies 4 

Hospital  admissions  for  reasons  other  than  surgery. 

Treatment   of  hyphemia   2  Treatment  of  infected  socket   1 

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PERKIHS  ''^«KrNS 


The  Perkins  Wrestling  Team 
met  many  local  teams  and 
took  part  in  tournament 
IN  Baltimore 


ON  THE  MAT  TACTICS 


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Arrangements  have  been  made  for  three  eye  operations  during 
the  summer. 

This  year  Dr.  Merrill  King  of  the  Massachusetts  Eye  and  Ear 
Infirmary  has  made  two  trips  to  Perkins.  On  each  visit  he  has 
seen  eight  children  who  have  retrolental  fibroplasia. 

The  visual-aid  classes  were  resumed  this  year  and  twenty-two 
children  benefited  by  this. 

A  careful  visual  acuity  test  on  our  new  whirligig  eye  chart 
revealed  the  fact  that  several  children  had  sufficient  sight  to  try 
public  school  or  sight-saving  classes  in  public  schools.  Many  of 
these  have  improved  vision  because  of  better  living  conditions, 
greater  utilization  of  sight,  or  successful  operations. 

Trygve  Gundersen,  M.  D. 
Joseph  M.  Clough,  M.  D. 


PHYSICIAN'S   REPORT 
The  following  is  the  report  of  the  Medical  Department  for 
1946-1947: 


Operations  : 

Appendectomies     4 

Herniotomy     1 

Tonsillectomies     9 

Craniotomies     2 

Deviated    Septum   and   Plastic 

to  nose  1 

Deviated   Septum  and 

Tonsillectomy   1 

Extra   Thumb   removed    1 

X-Rays  : 

Taken    at  Massachusetts    General 

Hospital     18 

Taken  by  Dr.  Ariel  George  2 

Chest  X-Ray  on  every  student  in 
school  taken  by  Public  Health 
Tuberculosis  Clinic.     With  one 


or  two  exceptions  chest  X-Rays 
taken  voluntarily  on  staff  and 
household  personnel  by  State 
Public  Health  Tuberculosis 
Clinic    project — in    Watertown. 

Middlesex  Sanatorium  13 

Fractures : 

Clavicle    1 

Fingers    2 

Communicable  disease: 

Scarlet    Fever    1 

Measles    14   and   8   at  home   22 

Whooping  Cough  2  and  3  at 

home     5 

Mumps     2 

Chicken    Pox    19 

German    Measles     1 


Widal  tests  done  on  all  new  household  staff. 
New  students  immunized  against  small  pox,  diphtheria  and 
scarlet  fever. 


Wasserman  on  all  new  pupils. 

Glucose  Tolerance  Test   3 

Lumbar    Puncture    5 

Electroencephalograms    2 

Gastro   intestinal  series    1 

Intradermal    test    1 

Nose    cauterized    1 


Incision   and   drainage   7 

Catheter   specimens    to   laboratory 

for  culture   2 

Hearing   tests    B 

Hearing  aids  purchased  2 


Admissions  to  the  Hospital  for  causes  other  than  operation. 


Massachusetts  General  Hospital: 

Acute    Rheumatic    Fever    1 

Pneumonia    1 

CenuUtis   right  leg — 
penicillin  Rx   1 


Infected  blister — penicillin  Rx  ....  1 
Incision  and  drainage  of 

infected    hand    1 

Fractured  clavicle  1 

Acute   grief   reaction    1 


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Haynes  Memorial  Hospital:  House  of  Good  Samaritan! 


Scarlet  Fever  

Whooping   Cough 

Measles     

Chicken    Pox    

German    Measles 


?    Chorea 


Peter   Bent   Brigham  : 

Neurological    Studies     1 

Toxic  effect  from  Sodium  dUantin       1 


This  year  we  have  had  an  unusually  large  number  of  children 
ill  with  contagious  diseases  and  a  number  who  have  had  surgical 
operations. 

We  have  had  one  death:  Ronald  Nunes  died  of  Acute  Rheu- 
matic Fever  at  the  Providence  Hospital  on  April  14,  1947. 

There  have  been  262  Clinic  visits  as  follows: 

Medical  and   Surgical   66  Neurological    and    Psychiatric    14 

Eye    82  Dental     17 

Orthopedic     41  

Middlesex    Sanatorium    13  262 

Ear,    Nose   and   Throat    30 

We  are  making  plans  for  the  coming  year  to  immunize  all 
children  in  the  Lower  School  against  whooping  cough  and  tetanus 
in  addition  to  the  immunizations  already  given. 

Victor  G.  Balboni,  M,  D. 


DENTIST'S  REPORT,  UPPER  SCHOOL 

The  following  is  the  report  of  Dental  Operations  performed 
for  the  pupils  of  the  Upper  School  for  the  year  1946-1947. 

Amalgam  fillings  211               Tissue    treatments    28 

Cement   fillings    137               X-Rays     41 

Synthetic    porcelain     57               Extractions     13 

Zinc   Oxide-eugenol    32               Partial   dentures    2 

Silver    Nitrate    treatments    170               Porcelain   or   acrylic   crowns    2 

Root  Canal  treatments   21               Bridges     1 

Root  Canal  fillings  5 

All  the  pupils  of  the  Upper  School  received  oral  prophylactic 
treatments  at  the  Forsyth  Dental  Infirmary. 

Mark  D.  Elliott,  D.  D.  S. 


DENTIST'S  REPORT,  LOWER  SCHOOL 

The  following  dental  operations  were  performed  for  the  pupils 
attending  the  Kindergarten  for  the  Blind  during  the  school  year 
ending  June,  1947. 

Alloy     fillings     269  Miscellaneous  treatments  40 

Cement    fillings     20  Silver    nitrate    treatments    168 

Cement    and   alloy    fillings    4  Extractions     17 

Synthetic  porcelain  fillings   22  Upper  school    emergencies    6 

Prophylactic    treatments     Ill  Number  of   pupils   completed    118 

Number  of  teeth  devitalized   10  Number  of  new  pupils  completed  25 

Number  of  Treatments  for  above  29  Total  number  of  pupils  treated  ....  124 

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On  account  of  unusual  quarantine  conditions  all  pupils  were 
not  completed. 

The  study  on  the  effect  of  fluorine  in  regards  arresting  tooth 
decay  has  not  been  completed  at  this  time. 

Reinhold  Ruelberg,  D.  M.  D. 

PHYSICAL  THERAPIST'S  REPORT 

During  the  past  academic  year,  the  Physical  Therapy  De- 
partment has  striven  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  students  requiring 
special  orthopedic  care  and  to  improve  the  general  physical  condi- 
tion of  all  the  students  through  therapeutic  exercises,  posture 
training,  ultraviolet  treatments,  infra-red  treatments,  Sayer  Head 
Sling  treatments,  Lovett  Board  treatments,  and  massages. 

In  October,  Dr.  Ober  examined  the  new  students,  and  in  Febru- 
ary, he  examined  all  those  who  had  been  having  regular  physical 
therapy  treatments  during  the  preceeding  year. 

Dr.  Barr  performed  a  shoulder  operation  on  one  of  the  deaf- 
blind  boys,  with  very  satisfactory  results. 

Summary 

Ultraviolet   treatments    4291  Sayer  Head  Sling  treatments  19 

Menanotherapy    treatments    1131  Lovett    Board   treatments    24 

Infra-red  treatments   307  Physical   Education   periods    110 

Massages    142 

Shirlie  L.  Smith,  R.  P.  T.  T. 


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WORKSHOP  FOR  ADULTS 

OWING  TO  THE  general  increase  in  the  price  of  materials  and 
wages  it  was  to  be  expected  that  our  sales  and  salaries  would  be 
considerably  more  than  in  any  previous  year.  The  sales,  as  shown 
below,  were  $72,635.43,  26%  more  than  last  year,  and  the  wages 
paid  to  the  blind  workers  were  $26,  328.78,  34%  greater  than  last 
year.  The  loss  in  operations  for  the  year  was  $2900.06,  which  is 
close  to  our  average  for  the  past  ten  years.  Materials  are  now 
easier  to  obtain,  although  the  price  is  very  high.  We  have  been 
promised  real  old-fashioned  chair  cane  soon,  so  we  can  accept 
chairs  from  our  patrons  with  the  expectation  of  giving  a  real  piece 
of  work. 

The  machine  shop  of  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  has  been  moved 
to  Watertown,  where  slates,  writing  boards,  geometry  instruments, 
games,  and  other  appliances  especially  adapted  to  the  needs  of  the 
blind  will  be  made  in  future.  For  the  present,  the  printing  of 
books  in  braille  will  continue  in  the  Industrial  Building. 

Mrs.  Martha  A.  Titus  passed  away  on  September  2nd.  She 
was  connected  with  Perkins  for  many  years  previous  to  her  retire- 
ment in  1931. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  work  done  and  wages  paid 
in  the  Workshop  Department  during  the  fiscal  years  1946  and  1947 : 

19^6  19U7 

Mattresses  received  from  institutions,  etc 2,428  2,413 

Mattresses  received  from  individuals   2,158  2,078 

Total  mattresses  received  4,586  4,491 

Mattresses  received  through  the  Division  of 

the   Blind   1,648  1,534 

New  horsehair  sold,  pounds  5,800  6,500 

Customers'  hair  received,  pounds  157,927  154,157 

Mattresses  remade  4,495  4,657 

Chairs  recaned  931  1,095 

Wages  paid  to  seamstresses   $  2,989.81  $  4,052.20 

Wages  paid  to  mattressmakers  13,106.88  17,001.01 

Wages  paid  to  chaircaners  3,558.54  5,275.57 

Total  wages  to  blind  workers  $19,655.23       $26,328,78 

Sales  for  the  year  $57,460.02       $72,635.43 

Frank  C.  Bryan 


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HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS 

Work  Account  for  the  Year  Ending  August  31,  1947 


Literature  pages  embossed: 

Upper  School — books,  periodicals,  etc 

Kindergarten — books   

Library  of  Congress — 9  books  in  31  volumes 


2,076 
140 

5,424 


Music  pages  embossed: 

Upper  School — 3  instrumental  and  25  vocal  pieces 
Kindergarten — 1  instrumental  


395 
104 


8,139 


Printings 

Literature  317,150 

Music  47,674 

Miscellaneous  202,962    567,786 


Appliances  and  Games 


Made       Distributed         Total 
this  year      this  year    1907  to  19 U? 


Pocket  slates  1,734 

Desk  slates  894 

Plajring  card  slates   — 

Styluses   3,749 

Erasers    — 

Fiber  writing  cards  3,812 

Clark  writing  grills  250 

Aluminum  alphabets  100 

Signature  guides  144 

Pegboards    132 

Geometry  instruments 277 

Thermometers  — 

Games : 

Checkers    — 

Dominoes   — 

Anagrams    30 

Puzzle-Peg  307 

Chess    — 

Chinese  checkers  — 

Playing  cards,  packs  547 


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1,836 

32,496 

1,038 

35,483 

76 

1,004 

4,933 

151,935 

2,068 

11,776 

4,040 

29,631 

176 

1,446 

105 

2,393 

187 

1,711 

85 

1,520 

149 

2,102 

25 

766 

341 

7,046 

150 

4,885 

23 

302 

76 

1,055 

19 

167 

49 

824 

410 

3,854 

Frank  C 

!.  Bryan 

LIST  OF  PUPILS 


UPPER  SCHOOL  BOYS 


Almond,    Donald — New   Bedford,   Mass. 
Appleby,   J.   Albert — Amesbury,   Mass. 
Arsnow,    George — Fall   River,    Mass. 
Berrouard,   Richard — Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. 
Boyd,    Vernon — Lynn,   Mass. 
Broadbent,    Samuel — Rumford,   R.   I. 
Brownell,   William — Saylesville,    R.    I. 
Byrnes,  James — Hackensack,  New  Jersey 
Clarke,    Richard — Royalston,    Mass. 
Conley,    Paul — E.    Dedham,    Mass. 
Conroy,    John — N.    Bergen,    N.    J. 
Cox,    Edward — Lowell,    Mass. 
Crocker,    Albert — Rowland,    Maine 
Curtis,   Harold — Belfast,   Maine 
Devine,  James — Boston,  Mass. 
Devino,    Francis — Brandon,    Vermont 
Dostie,  Robert — Auburn,  Maine 
Eaton,    Richard — Watertown,    Mass. 
Evensen,   Richard — Roslindale,   Mass. 
Faragi,   John — Saugus,   Mass. 
Fedush,    Edward — Garfield,    N.    J. 
Finnerty,    Joseph — E.    Braintree,   Mass. 
Flynn,   John   T. — Bangor,   Maine 
Fortes,   Andrew — Harwich,   Mass. 
Hawthorne,    John — MiUis    Falls,    Mass. 
Higgins,  William — Lebanon,   N.   H. 
Johansen,    Nils — Watertown,   Mass. 
Kamis,    Richard — Mattapan,    Mass. 
Keefe,   Lawrence — Woonsocket,   R.    I. 
Kelly,    Joseph — Fall   River,    Mass. 
Larson,    John — Savage,    Montana 
Leighton,    Robert — Scituate,    Mass. 
Leonard,    Alfred — Brighton,    Mass. 
Leotta,    Louis — E.    Boston,   Mass. 


Little,  HoUis— Concord,  N.   H. 
Lopresti,    Joseph — Chelsea,    Mass. 
Lunden,     Paul— Brattleboro,     Vermont 
Malatesta,    Philip — Maiden,    Mass. 
McDonald,    Francis — Sharon,    Mass. 
McKenne,    Thomas— Watertown,    Mass. 
McNally,   Robert — East   Providence,   R.  I. 
Moriarty,    Edward — Arlington,    Mass. 
Ordonez,    Eduardo — Mexico 
Paoloni,   Raymond — Providence,  R.   I. 
Papazoglou,  John — Greece 
Pereira,   Arthur — Mattapoisett,   Mass. 
Peterson,    Edmund — Allston,    Mass. 
Phelps,    Robert — Danbury,    N.    H. 
Raschi,    Eugene — Springfield,    Mass. 
Richards,    John — Farmington,    Maine 
Rogers,    Stephen — Medford,    Mass. 
Rounds,    Newton — Orleans,    Vermont 
Routh,  Robert — Memphis,  Tennessee 
Roy,   Edward — Arlington,   Mass. 
Ruiz,   Miguel — Florence,   Arizona 
Salvatti,   Anthony — Cranston,   R.   I. 
Sardo,   Anton — Springfield,  Mass. 
Savage,    Charles — Machias,    Maine 
Shola,   George — Woonsocket,   R.    I. 
Silveria,  Joseph — Newport,  R.  I. 
Skinner,    Gardner — Danvers,    Mass. 
Snyder,    Edward — Three    Rivers,    Mass. 
Surette,    Howard — S.    Boston,    Mass. 
Theodoropoulos,    Panyotis — Greece 
Turbide,   Paul — Rumford,  Maine 
Vazquez,    Federico — Puerto   Rico 
Vella,    Louis — South   Boston,    Mass. 
White,   Paul — Somerville,   Mass. 


UPPER  SCHOOL  GIRLS 


Accorsi,    Elizabeth — Franklin,    Mass. 
Alves,    Anita — New    Bedford,    Mass. 
Appleby,    Dorothy — Cambridge,    Mass. 
Barber,    Dorothy — Taunton,    Mass. 
Batty,   Donna  May — Gloversville,   N.   Y. 
Berarducci,    Joan — Providence,    R.    I. 
Blanchette,    Esther — Holyoke,    Mass. 
Bourdon,    Natalie — Belmont,    Mass. 
Bryant,    Jeanne — Allston,    Mass. 
Bull,   Mary   Ethel — Savannah,    Georgia 
Casella,    Grace — Waltham,    Mass. 
Cayo,  Irene — Lewiston,  Maine 
Charbonneau,    Gloria — Lowell,   Mass. 
Cordeau,  Mary  Helen — Somerville,  Mass. 


Corkum,    Jacqueline — Boston,    Mass. 
Delorey,    Elizabeth — Wobum,   Mass. 
Doyen,  Marjorie — So.   Portland,  Maine 
Drake,    Marylizabeth — Amherst,    Mass. 
Faucette,   Nancy — Cambridge,   Mass. 
Gauquier,    Ellen — Kingston,    Mass. 
Gerdes,  Helen — Portland,  Maine 
Gonzales,    Rosita — Newark,    N.    J. 
Greenlaw,    Dorothy — Auburn,    Maine 
HOI,   Gloria — Windsor,   Vermont 
Kenney,    Jeanne — Dorchester,    Mass. 
Lifton,   Ethel   Anne — Kansas   City,   Mo. 
MacDonald,   Hope — Braintree,   Mass. 
Marcil,    Sylvia — Chicopee,   Mass. 


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Marrama,    Josephine — Roslindale,    Mass. 

Mcintosh,    Marjorie — Bedford,    Mass. 

Merrill,   Nancy — Dover,   N.   H. 

Nichols,   Barbara — Essex   Center,    Vermont 

Morin,    Catherin — West   Yarmouth,   Mass. 

Noto,   Rose — E.    Paterson,   N.   J. 

Park,   Barbara — Medford,   Mass. 

Patch,    Joyce — Perkinsville,   Vermont 

Pevear,   Luella — Hampton,  N.  H. 

Poole,    Jeanne — Bloomfield,    N.    J. 

Porcaro,    Helen — Providence,    R    I. 


Porcaro,    Marcelline — Providence,    R.    I. 
Porter,    Virginia — Lubec,   Maine 
Rothermel,   Lillian — Providence,  R.  I. 
Sim,   Jane — Peabody,   Mass. 
Viscogliosi,    Alice — Waltham,    Mass. 
Walton,  Mary  Jane — El  Dorado,  Kansas 
Wattrick,    Barbara — Worcester,    Mass. 
Wells,    Marion — Rochester,    N.    H. 
Whitney,    Barbara — Worcester,    Mass. 
Wright,    Louise — Pittsfield,    Maine 
Younger,    Lorraine — Roxbury,   Mass. 


DEAF-BLIND  DEPARTMENT 


Dowdy,    Leonard — Sedalia,    Missouri 
Gonyea,   Janice — Dalton,   Mass. 
Mansfield,  Pauline— Seattle,  Washington 
Morgan,     Juanita — Northrop,     Colorado 


Otero,  Carmela — Newark,  New  Jersey 
Norris,  Perry — Birmingham,  Alabama 
Shipman,   Gloria — Cape  Giraudeau,  Mo. 


LOWER  SCHOOL  BOYS 


Albee,   Carl — Machias,   Maine 
Angney,    David — Oak    Lawn,   R.    I. 
Ashby,    Dallas — Charlotte,    Maine 
Appleby,    Daniel — Cambridge,    Mass. 
Bellantoni,   Joseph — Belmont,   Mass. 
Bigley,    Robert — Somerville,    Mass. 
Blake,   George — Rochester,   N.   H. 
Bourgoine,   Arthur — Brunswick,   Maine 
Bryant,  John — Allston,  Mass. 
Cassell,    Stephen — Brooklyn,   New   York 
Cheever,    David — Millis,   Mass. 
Coy,    Erwin — Durham,    Maine 
Fermino,   Robert — New   Bedford,    Mass. 
Fletcher,    Thomas — Alstead,    N.    H. 
Foumier,    Raymond — Lowell,   Mass. 
Gasper,    Alfred — Taunton,    Mass. 
Germano,  Manuel — Bristol,  R.  I. 
Gosselin,   Louis   A. — ^Manchester,   N.  H. 
Guyette,   Irving — Providence,    R.   I. 
Hickey,    John — Newtonville,   Mass. 
Holden,    David — Boston,    Mass. 
Johnson,   Robert — Lynn,  Mass. 
Johnson,    Scott — Templeton,    Mass. 
Johnson,   Stephen — W.  Lebanon,  N.  H. 
Kagan,   Stanley — Chicopee,   Mass. 
LeBlanc,   Ronald — Salem,   Mass. 
Leh,    George — Greenfield,   Mass. 
Libby,  Alvah — Lincoln,  Maine 
Little,   Tim — Houston,   Texas 
Little,   Donald — Concord,   N.   H. 
Manning,  John — Wilton,  N.  H. 
McCafferty,  Hugh — Mexico,  Maine 
McLaughlin,   George — ^Wilmington,  Mass. 
Melican,   Walter,   Watertown,   Mass. 
Morse,   Stanley — Boston,   Mass. 


Murray,    Russell — ^Woburn,    Mass. 
Nicholas,    Oliver — Lewiston,    Maine 
Osborn,  James — Plymouth,  Mass. 
Pacheco,    Francis — Fall   River,    Mass. 
Pacheco,   Joseph,   Somerset,   Mass. 
Paradise,  Maurice — Nashua,   N.   H. 
Perry,    Albert — HUlsgrove,   R.    I. 
Perry,   Donald — Lowell,   Mass. 
Phifer,   George — Fall  River,  Mass. 
Pierce,    Anthony — Dighton,    Mass. 
Piraino,    James — Gloucester,    Mass. 
Potter,    Bernard — So.    Lubec,   Maine 
Randall,   Roger — Brockton,   Mass. 
Rathbun,   Robert — West   Medford,   Mass. 
Raymond,  Carl — Fairfax,  Vermont 
Reineke,   Allen — Warwick,    R.    I. 
Reynolds,  Carl — ^Westford.  Vermont 
Roffo,  Daniel — Quincy,  Mass. 
Roy,    Laurent — Woonsocket,   R.   I. 
Sargent,  Richard — Windsor,   Vermont 
Sepiol,    Ronald — Wilbraham,    Mass. 
Shipley,  David — New  York,  New  York 
Smith,   Charles — Medford,   Mass. 
Snow,   Charles — Haverhill,   Mass. 
Sweet,   Douglas — Claremont,   N.   H. 
Tainter,    Kenneth — Brooklin,   Maine 
Thorp,    Kenneth — Westerly,    R.    I. 
Tripp,  Raymond — W.   Yarmouth,  Mass. 
Turner,    Robert — Burlington,    Vermont 
Vasapolli,    Joseph — Woburn,    Mass. 
Wakefield,    Douglas — Lyndonville,    Vermont 
Walsh,   William — Watham,   Mass. 
White,  Lloyd — Rochester,  N.   H. 
Young,    Robert— W.    Paris,   Maine 


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LOWER  SCHOOL  GIRLS 


Accorsi,  Rachel— Franklin,  Mass. 

Baker,  Amelia — Grand  Isle,   Vermont 

Bleakney,    Brenda— Oak    BluflPs,    Mass. 

Boyd,    Janet— Chelmsford,    Mass. 

Boyle,  Maureen — Dracut,  Mass. 

Brown,  Beverly  Ann — Wobum,  Mass. 

Callahan,    Louise — Somerville,   Mass. 

Clary,  Janet — Laurens,   S.   Carolina 

Connor,   Bonnie — Winthrop,   Mass. 

Daigneault,   Aline — N.   Adams,   Mass. 

DeAngelis,    Dorothy — Providence,    R.    I. 
Demers,   Irene — Central  Falls,   R.   I. 
Doustou,  Bernadette— Fort  Kent,  Maine 
Dowling,    Patricia — Lawrence,    Mass. 
Driben,  Joyce — Dorchester,  Mass. 
Dunlap,   Elizabeth— New   Orleans,   La. 
Ferry,   Josephine — Newport,   R.   I. 
Finan,    Irene — Providence,    R.    I. 
Forrest,    Maureen — Chicopee,    Mass. 
Francis,   Mary  Ann — Providence,   R.   I. 
Johnson,   Lillian — Everett,   Mass. 
Lareau,  Mary  Ann — Boston,   Mass. 
LeBlanc,   Joan — Framingham,  Mass. 
Leonard,  Ann   Marie— Maiden,  Mass. 
Libby,   Virginia — ^Lincoln,   Maine 


Liscomb,  Janice — Salsbury  Cove,  Maine 
Matthews,    Lucy — Cambridge,    Mass. 
McAuliffe,   Barbara- Roxbury,  Mass. 
McClure,   Ann  Marie — Augusta,   Maine 
McLaughlin,    Rita — Wilmington,   Mass. 
McNulty,    Roselind — Dorchester,    Mass. 
Nerney,    Carol — N.   Attleboro,   Mass. 
Noddin,    Sandra — Groton,   Mass. 
Nyland,   Collette — Beverly,   Mass. 
Olson,   Gloria — ^Augusta,  Maine 
Pacheco,    Priscilla — Somerset,    Mass. 
Pahner,    Shirley— Somerville,    Mass. 
Phifer,    Joy— Fall   River,   Mass. 
Pinkham,  Paula — Maiden,  Mass. 
Polselli,  Anna — Worcester,  Mass. 
Raycraft,   Ann  Marie — Dover,   N.   H. 
Reed,  Anita — Dover,   N.   H. 
Russell,    Patricia — Roxbury,    Mass. 
Schmidt,   Alice   Karen — Webster,    Mass. 
Silvia,    Barbara — Taunton,    Mass. 
Thorsen,   Sylvia — Lynn,  Mass. 
Tripp,   Judith — W.    Yarmouth,   Mass. 
Welsh,   Rosalie — Sherman    Mills,   Maine 
Wittstruck,  Joan — Providence,  R.  I. 


State 


ENROLLMENT  BY  STATES  —  OCTOBER  1,  1947 

UPPER  SCHOOL      LOWER  SCHOOL  DEAF-BLIND 


TOTAL 


M 

F 

M 

F 

Massachusetts 

37 

27 

34 

32 

Maine 

7 

6 

11 

6 

New  Hampshire 

3 

3 

8 

2 

Vermont 

3 

3 

6 

1 

Rhode  Island 

8 

4 

6 

6 

New  Jersey 

3 

3 

Other  States 

7 

4 

5 

2 

M 


F 

1 

131 

30 

16 

12 

24 

6 

4 

24 

Totals 


63 


60 


69 


49 


243 


66 


^ 


The  Perkins  Brailler  kecently 
developed  and  being  made 
BY  Howe  Memorial  Press 


SHOWING  Embossing  Unit 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 


I.  Acknowledgments  for  Concerts,  Recitals,  Dramatics,  etc. 

To  Miss  Cecille  La  Veille  for  ten  tickets  to  her  Jordan  Hall 
Recital. 

To  Boston  University  for  twelve  tickets  to  Oratorio  "Elijah." 

To  Campbell-Fairbanks  Expositions,  Inc.  for  special  rate  tickets 
to  Sportsman's  Show. 

To  Mr.  William  Mullen  for  eighteen  tickets  for  Fred  Waring 
Concert  in  Boston  Garden. 

To  Mr,  E.  Percival  Coleman  and  Mr.  George  Ellis  for  trip  to 
Railroad  Yards  and  Charlestown  Y.  M.  C.  A.  for  20  boys. 

To  Winchester  Players  for  invitation  to  all  students  to  attend 
dress  rehearsal  of  spring  play. 

To  Mrs.  Felicia  Kutten  for  tickets  for  concert. 

To  Mr.  James  J.  Igoe,  Chief  of  Watertown  Police  Department,  for 
trip  and  information  given  to  boys  of  the  school. 

II.  Acknowledgments  for  Talks  and  Concerts  in  our  Hall. 

To  Dr.  p.  C.  Potts,  Col.  Karl  Gate,  Mrs.  Emily  T.  Murchie  and 
Mr.  George  B.  Fryer  for  talks  at  Upper  School  Assembly. 

To  Dr.  Edward  E.  Allen,  Dr.  Hugo  B.  C.  Riemer,  Mrs.  Winifred 
Hathaway,  Mr.  Arthur  F.  Sullivan,  Mr.  Francis  B.  Ierardi,  Dr.  P. 
C.  Potts,  Mr.  Frederick  Walsh  for  lectures  to  the  Harvard  Class. 

To  The  Lexington  Singers  and  String  Orchestra  conducted  by 
Mr.  George  Faulkner. 

To  American  Red  Cross  for  party  for  students. 

To  Mr.  H.  Beach  Ward  for  Lecture  on  Fire  Insurance  to  Orienta- 
tion Class. 

To  Mr.  C.  L.  Bouchie  and  Mr.  Charles  J.  Strassel  for  Lecture  on 
Casualty  Insurance  to  Senior  Class. 

To  the  Clergy  of  Watertown  for  Assembly  talks  during  the  Lenten 
Season. 

To  the  Patriotic  Organizations  of  Watertown  for  exercises  in 
commemoration  of  Memorial  Day. 

To  the  Protestant  Guild  for  the  Blind  and  to  the  Catholic  Guild 
for  the  Blind  for  religious  instruction. 

"      III.    Acknowledgments  for  Books  and  Periodicals. 

Embossed  Periodicals  —  All  Story  Braille  Magazine,  Arkansas 
Braille  News,  Braille  Courier,  Braille  Book  Review,  Braille  Star 
Theopist,  Catholic  Digest,  Catholic  Messenger,  Catholic  Review,  Chil- 
dren's Friend,  Christian  Record,  Christian  Science  Bible  Lessons,  Church 
Herald  for  the  Blind,  Discovery,  The  Evangel,  Forward  Day  by  Day, 
Herald  of  Christian  Science,  Home  Teacher,  Illinois  Braille  Messenger, 
The  Illuminator,  Indiana  Recorder,  International  Braille  Magazine, 
Jewish  Braille  Review,  John  Milton  Magazine,  Junior  Evangel,  Ken- 
tucky Colonel,  Lutheran  Messenger  for  the  Blind,  Lux  Vera,  Maryland 
Oriole,  Matilda  Ziegler  Magazine,  Messenger  of  the  Sightless,  Ohio  Ray, 
Our  Special,  Red  and  White,  Reader's  Digest,  School  Journal,  The 
Searchlight,  Sunday  School  Monthly,  Texas  Meteor,  Unity  Daily  Work, 
Weekly  News,  Wee  Wisdom. 

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Ink  Print  Periodicals  —  Alabama  Messenger,  Arizona  Cactus, 
Blinded  Veterans  Association  Bulletin,  Colorado  Index,  Dawn,  Desde 
Las  Sombras,  Du  Pont  Magazine,  Inspiration,  Light,  Los  Ciegos,  Luces, 
Maryland  Oriole,  Ohio  Ray,  Optimist,  Our  Dumb  Animals,  Red  and 
White,  Rocky  Mountain  Leader,  Royer-Greaves  Monthly,  St.  Dunstan's 
Review,  The  Seer,  Utah  Eagle,  Virginia  Guide,  Wee  Wisdom,  Welfare 
Bulletin,  West  Virginia  Tablet. 

To  Mrs.  Walter  Abbott,  Marion  L.  Bateman,  Josephine  S.  Bid- 
well,  Bess  Copeland,  Mary  Wyman  Crombie,  Jessie  Doane,  Mary 
Donovan,  Marion  W.  Eldredge,  Isabelle  Francis,  Emma  B.  Fraser, 
Edna  M.  Gorpinkle,  Elva  S.  Hawkes,  Edith  Anna  Hemingway,  Sally 
Herrick,  Ruth  M.  Knight,  Gwendolyn  Lake,  Constance  A.  Ludwig, 
Ruth  Massey,  Zita  McDonough,  Anna  Meserve,  C.  S.,  John  Miller, 
Grace  H.  Minds,  Rose  A.  Norton,  Freda  Osborne,  Abby  Paull,  Jessie 
F.  Pecker,  Doris  Peterson,  Josephine  A.  Romani,  Mabel  Ripley, 
Josephine  Selby,  Florence  A.  Simpson,  Emma  A.  Spencer,  Frances 
Sweet,  Lillian  D.  Sweigart,  Mabel  P.  Ward,  Rose  Weinberg,  for 
hand-transcribed  books  for  Lower  School. 

To  All  Pacific  Veterans  Recreation  Fund,  Emmett  Fox,  Elmira 
Gabrie,  Hadley  Correspondence  School,  John  Milton  Society,  C.  B. 
Nervig,  Mrs.  N.  W.  Willey  for  embossed  books. 

Chrysler  Corporation,  Miss  Elizabeth  Collette,  Mrs.  Ruth  E. 
Geer,  Miss  Rita  Gifford,  Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Company,  Mrs. 
Winifred  Hathaway,  John  Milton  Society,  Frieda  LaPla,  Master 
Brewers'  Ass'n.  of  America,  Mrs.  Dwight  P.  Merrill,  Miss  Mabel  T. 
Olson,  Miss  Gudrun  Pollan,  Robert  L.  Raymond,  Charles  Scribner's 
Sons,  Sven-Dosta  Sjoberg,  Miss  Eleanor  W.  Thayer,  Personnel  of 
"U.  S.  S.  "Wasp"  for  ink  print  books. 

To  the  American  Printing  House  for  the  Blind,  Louisville,  Ky. 
and  its  patrons  for  talking  book  copies  of  the  Reader's  Digest. 

National  Braille  Press,  Boston;  Orange  and  Maplewood,  New 
Jersey  Chapters  and  New  York  Chapter  of  American  Red  Cross  for 
binding  many  copies  of  hand-transcribed  books. 

IV.    Acknowledgments  of  Gifts: 

To  Mr.  Max  Sherover  for  three  sets  of  language  records. 

To  Father  John  Connolly  for  water-color  of  Perkins  Tower. 

To  Mr.  William  Fish  for  Braille  Watch. 

To  Variety  Club  through  Mr.  Joe  Afre  for  260  boxes  of  Candy. 

To  Mrs.  Linville  Smith  for  Piano  Player. 

To  Langworthy  Fund  for  new  Singer  Sewing  Machine. 

To  Mr.  Donald  Scott,  director  of  Peabody  Museum,  Harvard  Uni- 
versity for  loan  of  exhibit  "Implements  of  American  Indians." 

To  Employees  of  War  Assets  Administration,  Boston,  Mass.  for 
six  Philco  Table  Radios. 

To  Miss  Lucy  Howe  Jenkins  for  Braille  Copy  of  "In  His  Presence." 

To  Worthington  Pump  Company  for  Cut-away  valves  and  faucets 
for  use  in  Science  Lab. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  D.  Scott  for  Victrola  and  records. 

To  Keenan  Radio  Company  for  Console  Type  Radio. 

To  Mrs.  Clifford  J.  Fuller  for  Braille  Transcribing  Equipment. 

To  Watertown  Auxiliary  Police  Assoc,  for  gift  of  money  used 
for  Boy  Scout  and  Cub  Pack  Funds. 

To  Dr.  W.  H.  Young  for  gift  of  money  used  in  Music  Department. 

To  First  National  Stores,  Inc.  for  gift  of  money  used  in  Lower 
School  Music  Department. 

58 


To  David  L.  Rempel  for  gift  of  money  used  for  equipment  and 
materials  for  student  radio  project. 

To  George  R.  Wright  for  gift  of  money. 

To  Mr.  a.  O.  Samuelian  for  gift  of  money  used  for  Concert  Tickets 
for  pupils. 

To  Mrs.  Julian  N.  Snell  for  gift  of  money  used  for  literature  for 
pupils. 

To  Mr.  James  H.  Leonard  for  gift  of  money  used  for  Music  Fund. 

To  Mrs.  Rempel  for  gift  of  money  used  for  Music  Fund. 

To  Rev.  Walter  L.  Flaherty  for  gift  of  money  used  for  Music 
Fund. 

To  Dover  Church  School  through  Mrs.  C.  C.  Stewart  for  gift  of 
money  used  for  Children  in  Lower  School. 

To  Miss  Jessica  Keating  for  gift  of  money  used  in  Social  Worker's 
Fund. 

To  Mr.  David  Baird  for  gift  of  money  to  Social  Service  Department 
during  year. 

To  Stingel  Hardware  Company  for  box  of  toys  for  children. 
To  Mrs.  Myron  Dohl  and  the  daughters  of  Vermont  for  Christmas 
gift  of  money  for  Vermont  Children. 

To  Mrs.  Bessie  C.  Veino  for  gift  of  money  for  Christmas  presents 
for  children. 

To  Mrs.  Clarence  Blake  and  members  of  Sunday  School  for 
Christmas  gifts  for  pupils. 

To  the  Catholic  Guild  for  the  Blind  for  dollars  to  be  given  to 
Catholic  pupils  at  Christmas. 

To  the  Protestant  Guild  for  the  Blind  for  silver  dollars  to  be 
given  to  Protestant  pupils  at  Christmas. 

To  the  FiRNABANK  Club  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Boston 
for  gifts  of  toys  and  clothing  given  to  pupils  at  Christmas. 

To  the  Shawmut  Lodge  for  gift  of  money  to  buy  toys  for  Lower 
School  pupils  at  Christmas. 

To  Miss  Ruth  Holt  for  clothing  and  box  of  ties. 

To  Mrs.  Frederick  C.  Wells  for  slippers  and  overshoes  for  children. 

To  Mr,  Charles  Norcross  for  boxes  of  clothing. 

To  Middlesex  Health  Association  for  furnishing  X-Ray  films  for 
students. 

To  Mrs.  Markus  Morton,  First  Church  Congregational,  for  party 
given  to  students. 

To  Mrs.  Morris  J.  Itkin  for  gift  of  candy  and  jellies. 
To  Mrs.  Kutten  and  Miss  Wallace  of  the  Boston  Elizabeth  Arden 
Beauty  Shop  for  Lecture  and  demonstration  to  Upper  School  girls. 
To  Miss  E.  M.  Hebbard  for  package  of  Valentines. 
To  Mrs.  Allan  Grew  for  package  of  clothing. 
To  Contact  Lens  Service,  Inc.  for  artificial  eyes. 


59 


STATEMENT  OF  ACCOUNTS 

To  the  Trustees  of 

Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind 

Boston,  Massachusetts 

We  have  examined  the  balance  sheet  as  at  August  31,  1947  of 
Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind  (not  includ- 
ing Howe  Memorial  Press)  and  the  related  statements  of  general 
funds,  of  departmental  income  and  expenses,  of  operating  expenses  and 
of  income  and  expenses  of  the  Works  Department,  all  for  the  year 
ended  August  31,  1947.  We  have  also  examined  the  balance  sheet  as  at 
August  31,  1947  of  Howe  Memorial  Press  Fund  and  the  related  state- 
ment of  income  and  expenses  for  the  year  ended  August  31,  1947.  In 
connection  therewith  we  reviewed  the  accounting  procedures  of  the 
Institution  and  the  Howe  Memorial  Press  Fund  and,  without  making  a 
detailed  audit  of  the  transactions,  have  examined  or  tested  accounting 
records  and  other  supporting  evidence  by  methods  and  to  the  extent 
we  deemed  appropriate. 

We  received  confirmation  from  depositaries  with  respect  to  the 
investment  securities  recorded  as  owned  by  the  Institution  and  by  the 
Howe  Memorial  Press  Fund  as  at  August  31,  1947,  audited  all  changes 
in  investments  during  the  year  then  ended  and  satisfied  ourselves  that 
investment  income  receivable  during  the  year  was  duly  received. 

The  balance  sheet  of  the  Institution  reflects  the  following  changes 
in  procedure  voted  by  the  Trustees  during  the  year  or  as  of  August  31, 
1947: 

(1)  The  investments  representing  the  general,  permanent  and 
special  funds  of  the  Institution  and  Kindergarten  formerly  accounted 
for  separately  have  been  combined. 

(2)  Amounts  of  $1,041,695.76  and  $634,744.69  have  been  trans- 
ferred respectively  from  General  Funds  —  Institution,  and  from  Gen- 
eral Funds  —  Kindergarten,  to  a  new  account  —  Plant  Capital,  repre- 
senting the  investment  of  such  funds  in  real  estate  and  other  tangible 
property  at  Watertown  and  South  Boston. 

(3)  The  general  surplus  accounts  of  the  Institution  and  the  Kin- 
dergarten have  been  funded  by  allocating  the  balances  in  such  accounts 
at  August  31,  1947  to  the  general,  permanent  and  special  funds  of  the 
Institution  and  Kindergarten,  respectively,  in  proportion  to  the  book 
values  of  those  funds  at  August  31,  1947  (after  transfer  of  $1,676,440.45 
to  Plant  Capital,  described  in  the  preceding  paragraph). 

(4)  A  reserve  fund  for  depreciation  was  created  as  at  August  31, 
1947  equal  in  amount  to  the  total  of  provisions  for  depreciation  accumu- 
lated to  that  date  by  the  Institution  and  Kindergarten. 

In  our  opinion  the  accompanying  financial  statements  present  fairly, 
on  the  basis  indicated  above,  the  position  of  the  Institution  and  of  the 
Howe  Memorial  Press  Fund  at  August  31,  1947  and  the  results  of  their 
operations  for  the  fiscal  year  then  ended. 

Barrow,  Wade,  Guthrie  &  Co. 

Accountants  and  Auditors. 

Boston,  Massachusetts 

November  20,  1947 

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Operating  Expenses  Exhibit  D 

FOR  THE  Year  Ended  August  31,  1947 

Salaries       Supplies       Other  Total 


Administration   $23,203.62  $  4,520.81  $  3,823.18  $  31,047.61 


Treasurer's  Office  $  5,971.07  $    5,971.07 


Special  Departments: 

Library   $  5,676.57  $  1,282.01  $  6,958.58 

Health  7,145.20  1,487.16       1,413.70  10,046.06 

Personnel    11,097.50  387.93  11,485.43 


$23,919.27  $  3,157.10  $  1,413.70  $  28,490.07 


Education  : 

Literary    $52,824.77  $  2,830.97     $  55,655.74 

Manual  Training 12,459.78  897.69     13,357.47 

Music  15,079.33  767.33  452.80  16,299.46 

Deaf-Blind   12,744.11  131.77     12,875.88 


$93,107.99  $  4,627.76  $      452.80  $  98,188.55 


Household  : 

Salaries  and  mis.  exp.  $53,219.42  $  5,858.90  $  1,089.31  $  60,167.63 

Laundry    5,989.84          893.17     6,883.01 

Food  50,733.50     50,733.50 


$59,209.26  $57,485.57  $  1,089.31  $117,784.14 


Maintenance  : 

Engineering   $27,161.13  $33,930.34     $  61,091.47 

Buildings    14,093.00       4,531.09     18,624.09 

Grounds    10,560.35       1,324.02     11,884.37 

Depreciation,  buildings     26,235.66  26,235.66 

Depreciation,  tools  and 

equipment  663.11  663.11 


$51,814.48  $39,785.45  $26,898.77  $118,498.70 


Other  Expenses: 

Automobile  $  2,687.50  $     2,687.50 

Insurance    3,657.89  3,657.89 

Pension  retirement  plan  14,014.55  14,014.55 

Tuning  Department  4,767.10  4,767.10 

Pensions  paid  16,370.10  16,370.10 

Loss  on  bad  debts  151.14  151.14 

Exp.  of  property  sold  90.00  90.00 


$41,738.28  $  41,738.28 


$251,254.62  $109,576.69  $80,887.11  $441,718.42 

Summary 

Operating  expenses  —  Institution    (Exhibit  C)    $231,447.50 

Operating  expenses  —  Kindergarten   (Exhibit  C)   210,270.92 

$441,718.42 
64 


Works  Department 

Statement  of  Income  and  Expenses 

FOR  the  Year  Ended  August  31,  1947 


Exhibit   E 


Income: 

Sales    $72,635.43 

Miscellaneous  477.80       $73,113.23 

Expenses  : 

Materials  used  $24,040.98 

Salaries  and  wages  46,947.18 

General  expense  3,418.89 

Auto  and  truck  expense  1,316.70 

Depreciation  208.99 

Loss  on  bad  debts  80.55       76,013.29 

Net  (Loss)  for  the  Year  (Exhibit  C)  $(2,900.06) 


65 


Exhibit  P 
HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUND 

Balance  Sheet 

August  31,  1947 

Assets 

Cash    $     2,455.15 

Investments  —  book  value  301,015.63 

Accounts  receivable: 

Trade    $     2,256.53 

Institution    Department    185.18 

Kindergarten  Department  50.00  2,491.71 

Inventories  : 

Appliances    $    4,963.32 

Printing    3,936.55 

Stationery  2,981.85 

Embossing    1,580.19         13,461.91 

Machinery  and  equipment  $12,966.25 

Less:     Reserve  for  depreciation   554.04         12,412.21 


$331,836.61 


Liabilities 

Accounts  payable: 

Institution  Department  $  5,559.47 

Other  200.00       $  5,759.47 

Federal  income  tax  withheld  -60 

Funds  and  legacies: 

Special    $24,839.10 

General    12,290.00        37,129.10 

Surplus : 

Balance,  September  1,  1946  $290,344.97 

Deduct  — 

Adjustments  of  reserve  for 

depreciation  in  prior  years     $1,371.60 
Net  operating  loss  for  the 
year  ended  August  31,  1947 
(Exhibit  G)   6,422.87  7,794.47 


$282,550.50 
Add  — 

Profit  from  sale  of  investments  6,396.94 


Balance,  August  31,  1947  288,947.44 

$331,836.61 
66 


_  Exhibit  G 

HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUND 

Statement  op  Income  and  Expenses 

FOR  THE  Year  Ended  August  31,  1947 

Sales: 

Appliances   $12,354.69 

Books,  etc 9,087.15 

Total  sales  $21,441.84 

Cost  of  Operation  and  Maintenance: 

Embossing    $  6,997.63 

Printing 8,122.74 

Appliances   manufactured    19,898.32 

Stationery  971.80 

Library  1,867.00 

Depreciation     109.94 

Maintenance  6,624.13 

Pension  retirement  plan  662.76 

Loss  on  bad  debts  8.72 

$45,263.04 
Less: 

Discounts    $52.47 

Miscellaneous  receipts  5.20  57.67 

45,205.37 

Net  loss  from  operations   (23,763.53) 

Other  Income: 

Interest  and  dividends,  general  purposes      $16,610.57 
Interest  and  dividends,  special  funds  1,477.13 

18,087.70 

$(5,675.83) 
Other  Charges: 

Pensions  paid  $      600.00 

Miscellaneous     147.04 


747.04 

Net  loss  for  the  year  ended  August  31,  1947       $(6,422.87) 
(Exhibit  F)  === 


67 


INSTITUTION  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1947 

Special  funds: 

Alumnae  Association  Scholarship  Fund  ....  $     1,634.23 

Anonymous    102.01 

Charles  S.  Adams  (Christmas  Fund)  204.03 

Robert  C.  Billings    (for  deaf,  dumb  and 

blind)     4,085.91 

Blind  Babies'  Project  1,518.08 

Mary  Alice  Butler  (for  reading  matter  for 

the  blind)   3,782.82 

Deaf-Blind  Fund   106,694.51 

John  D.  Fisher  (education  teachers  and 

others)     5,342.08 

Joseph  B.  Glover  (for  blind  and  deaf)  ....  5,107.38 

John  Goldthwait  Fund   (charitable)   1,362.01 

Harris  Fund    (outdoor  relief)    27,238.82 

Henry  Clay  Jackson  Fund  (for  deaf -blind)  85,247.24 
Maria  Kemble  Oliver  Fund  (concert 

tickets)    15,322.16 

James  Osborn  Fund  3,555.73 

Justin  B.  and  Mary  Letitia  Perkins 

Memorial    Fund    2,989.97 

Prescott  Fund  (education  teachers  and 

others)  21,687.17 

Elizabeth  P.  Putnam   (higher  education)  1,021.48 

Richard  M.  Saltonstall   (use  Trustees)    ..  3,064.42 

A.  Schuman  Clothing  Fund  1,021.48 

Augustine  Schurleff  Fund  (for  deaf, 

dumb  and  blind)    1,787.58 

Anne  E.  Stodder  (to  find  emplojmient  for 

blind  virorkers)  3,064.42 

Mary  J.  Straw  510.74 

Thomas  Stringer  Fund  (care  of  T.  S.,  etc.)  16,221.27 

Lenna  D.  Swinerton  467.57 

Julia  E.  Turner  (education  of  worthy 

needy)    6,506.34 


$319,539.45 


Permanent  Funds  (income  for  general  purposes) 


George  Baird  Fund  $ 

12,895.21 

Charles  Tidd  Baker  Fund  .. 

18.014.23 

Charlotte  Billings   Fund    .... 

40,507.00 

Frank  W.  Boles 

76,329.02 

Stoddard  Capen  Fund  

13,770.00 

Jennie  M.   Colby, 

in  memory  of  

100.00 

Ella   Newman   Curtis   Fund 

2,000.00 

Stephen    Fairbanks   

10,000.00 

David  H.  Fanning  

5,010.56 

Helen   Osborne   Gary   

10,000.00 

Harris  Fund 

(general  purposes)    

53,383.00 

Harriet   S.    Hazeltine   Fund 

5,000.00 

25,000.00 

Prentiss   M.   Kent   

2,500.00 

Sir  Charles  W.   Lindsay  .... 

9,008.93 

Kate  M.   Morse  Fund   

5,000.00 

Jonathan  E.  Pecker  

950.00 

Richard  Perkins  

20,000.00 

Henry    L     Pierce    

20.000.00 

Mrs.  Marilla  L.  Pitts, 

in  memory  of  

B.000.00 

Frederick  W.  Prescott, 

endowment  

26,338.96 

Frank  Davison  Rust 

Memorial    

Samuel    E.    Sawyer    

Margaret  A.  Simpson   

Caroline  A.  Slack  

Charles   Frederick   Smith 

Fund    

Timothy    Smith    

Mary  Lowell  Stone  Fund 
George  W.   Thym  Fund    .... 

Alfred    T.    Turner    

Thomas    Upham    Fund    

Levina  B.  Urbino  

William    Varnum    Fund    .... 

Vaughan    Fund    

Ann    White   Vose    

Charles    L.    Young    


Add: 


Distribution    of    Surplus 


4,000.00 

2,174.77 

968.67 

10,000.00 

8,663.00 

2,000.00 

4,000.00 

6,054.66 

1,000.00 

4,960.00 

500.00 

204,945.74 

10,553.50 

12,994.00 

5,000.00 

636,561.14 

13,652.96 

$660,214.10 


68 


Institution  Funds  (Cont'd) 
General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) 


Elizabeth    B.    Allen    $ 

500.00 

Mary  A.  Dyer  

8,375.18 

Nora  Ambrose, 

Ella    I.    Eaton    

1,669.50 

in  memory  of  

300.00 

Mary   Agnes    Eaton    

3,660.91 

James   H.    Anderson    

62.25 

Mary   E.    Eaton   

5,000.00 

James    H.    Anderson    

28,303.92 

William  Eaton   

500.00 

Charlotte   H.    Andrews    

15,169.87 

David    J.    Edwards    

500.00 

Ellen    S.    Bacon    

6,000,00 

3,000.00 

Ann    J.    Ellis    

1,023.C0 

Elizabeth   B.   Bailey    

A.    Silver    Emerson    

500.00 

Eleanor  J.   W.    Baker   

2,500.00 

Martha   S.    Ensign    

2,505.48 

Calvin    W.    Barker    

1,869.32 

Orient   H.    Eustis    

500.00 

Lucy  B.  Barker, 

Eugene  Fanning  

50.00 

in    memory   of    

5,953.21 

Sarah   M.    Farr    

64,247.43 

Marianne    R.    Bartholomew 

2,000.00 

Mortimer  C.  Ferris 

Francis    Bartlett    

2,500.00 

Memorial    

1,000.00 

Elizabeth  Howard  Bartol   .. 

5,000.00 

Edward   A.   Fillebrown   

500.00 

Mary  Bartol  

300.00 

500  00 

Thompson    Baxter    

322.50 

Anna    G.    Fish    

10,583.25 

Samuel   Benjamin    

250.00 

Thomas    B.    Fitzpatrick 

1,000  00 

Robert   C.    Billings    

25.000.00 

John    Forrest    

1,000.00 

George    Nixon    Black    

10,000.00 

Ann   Maria   Fosdick   

14,333.79 

Susan  A.  Blaisdell  

5,832.66 

Nancy    H.    Fosdick    

3,937.21 

Dehon  Blake  

500.00 

Sarah   E.   Foster   

200.00 

Mary    Blight    

7,220.99 

Mary    Helen    Freeman    

1.000.00 

William    T.    Bolton    

555.22 
4,922.84 

10,000.00 

Betsey   J.   Bowles    

Martha  A.   French   

164.40 

George    W.    Boyd    

5,000.00 

Ephraim     L.     Frothingham 

825.97 

Caroline    E.    Boyden    

1,930.39 

Jessie   P.    Fuller    

200.00 

Mary   I.    Brackett   

5,263.33 

Thomas   Gaffield   

6,685.38 

J.    Putnam   Bradlee    

294,162.53 

Albert   Glover    

1.000.00 

Charlotte  A.   Bradstreet   .... 

23,273.49 

Joseph   B.    Glover    

5.000.00 

EUen    F.    Bragg    

8,006.68 

Benjamin   H.   Goldsmith   .... 

11,199.08 

Max   Brenner   

200.0T 

Charlotte  L.   Goodnow  

6,471.23 

Lucy  S.  Brewer  

10,215.36 

Maria   W.   Goulding   

2,332.48 

Florence    N.    Bridgman    .... 

500.00 

Charles   G.    Green    

45,837.70 

J.   Edward   Brown    

100,000.00 

Amelia    Greenbaum    

500.00 

Maria   A.   Bumham    

10,000.00 

Mary  Louise  Greenleaf   

199,189.94 

T.    0.   H.   P.   Burnham   

5,000.00 

Ellen   Page   Hall   

10,037.78 

Abbie  Y.  Burr  

200.00 

Ellen    Hammond    

1,000.00 

Annie   E.    Caldwell    

4,000.00 

Margaret  A.   Harty   

5.000.00 

Emma  C.   Campbell   

1,000.00 

Helen    P,    Harvison    

1,000.00 

Lydia   E.    Carl    

3,412.01 

Hattie   S.    Hathaway    

500.00 

Ellen    G.    Gary    

50.000.00 

Jerusha  P.  Hathaway  

5,000.00 

Katherine  F.   Casey  

100.00 

Lucy  Hathaway       

4,577.00 

Edward   F,   Gate   

5,000.00 

Edward  J,  and  Georgia  M. 

Robert  R.   Centro, 

Hathorne   Fund   

60,017.68 

in    memory   of    

10,000.00 

Charles   H,    Hayden    

32,461.01 

Fanny    Channing    

2,000.00 

John   0.   Haynes    

1,000.00 

Emily   D.    Chapman    

1,000.00 

Mary  E.   T.   Healy   

200.00 

Mary    F.    Cheever    

200.00 

Alice  Gushing  Hersey, 

Ida    May    Chickering    

1,052.03 

in   memory  of    

3,000  00 

Alice  M.   Clement    

25,000.00 

Joseph  H.  Heywood  

500.00 

Alice    I      Cobb     

2,000,00 

Ira  Hiland  

3,893.87 

Laura    Cohen    

87.00 

Stanley  B.   Hildreth   

5,000.00 

Ann    Eliza    Colbum    

5,000.00 

George  A,  Hill  

100.00 

Susan   J.    Conant    

500.00 

Lila  M.   Hodges   

1,000.00 

William    A.    Copeland    

1,000.00 

Margaret  A.  Holden  

3.708.32 

Augusta    E.    Corbin    

20,644.82 

Theodore    C.    Hollander    .... 

3,016.00 

Jennie  L,  Cox  

1,948.60 

Margaret  J.   Hourihan    

200.00 

Louise  F.  Crane  

5,000.00 

Charles    Sylvester 

W.   Murray   Crane    

10,000.00 

Hutchinson     

2.156.00 

Harriet    Otis    Cruft    

6,000.00 

Katharine  C.  Ireson  

52,037.62 

David    Cummings    

7,723.07 

Eliza  J.  Kean  

59,209.91 

Arthur   B.    Curtis    

1,722.25 

Marie  L.    Keith   

2.000.00 

Chastine    L.    Gushing    

500.00 

Harriet   B.    Kempster    

1,144.18 

L  W.  Danforth   

2,500.00 

Ernestine   M.    Kettle    

9,975.00 

Kate   Kimball   Danforth    .... 

250.00 

B.    Marion    Keyes    

6,350.00 

Charles   L.    Davis    

1.000.00 

Lulu    S.    KimbaU    

10,000.00 

Etta    S.    Davis    

8,027.87 

Grace  W.   King  

100.00 

Susan  L.  Davis    

1,500.00 

Lydia   F.    Knowles    

50.00 

Joseph    Descalzo    

1,000.00 

Davis  Krokyn  

100.00 

Elsie   C.   Disher   

163,250.07 

Catherine  M.   Lamson   

6,000.00 

John    H.    Dix    

10.000.00 

James  J.  Lamson  

750.00 

Mary    Frances    Drown    

21,857.25 

Susan   M.    Lane   

815.71 

Alice  J,  H.  DwineH   

200.00 

Elizabeth  W.  Leadbetter  .... 

2.638.71 

Amelia  G.  Dyer  

40,043.00 

Jane  Leader   

3,544.31 

69 


Institution  Funds  (Concl'd) 
General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) 


concl. 


Luella  K.   Leavitt   

1.011.67 

Edward  O.  Seccomb  

1,000.00 

Lewis    A.    Leland    ' 

415.67 

Richard   Black    Sewell    

25,000.00 

Benjamin    Levy    

500.00 

Charles  F.   Sherman  

2.000.00 

505.56 
7,951.48 

Robert  F.  Shurtleff  

1.432.94 

WUliam    Litchfield    

Carrie    Etta    Silloway    

6.429.88 

Mary    T.    Locke    

8,361.89 

John  Simonds  

50.00 

Hannah   W.   Loring    

9,50v..00 

Arthur   A.    Smith    

10,000.00 

Katharine  M.   Lowe   

2.00 

Ellen   V.   Smith    

25,000.00 

Adolph  S.  Lundin  

100.00 

Esther    W.    Smith    

5,000.00 

Susan    B.    Lyman    

4,809.78 

Sarah  F.    Smith   

3.000.00 

Agnes  J.  MacNevin   

78,968.67 

The  Maria    Spear   Bequest 

Mary    Ella   Mann    

250.00 

for   the   Blind    

15,000.00 

1,000.00 

1.000.00 

2,640.40 

Charlotte  S.   Sprague 

13,222.56 

Stephen    W.    Marston    

5,000.00 

Adella   E.    Stannard    

1.631.78 

Elizabeth  S.  Martin  

1,000.00 

Cora  N.  T.   Stearns   

53.558.50 

William  H.   Maynard   

22,821.56 

Henry  A.  Stickney   

2,410.00 

Cora    Mclntire    

6,862.50 

Lucretia  J.    Stoehr   

2,967.26 

Charles    Merriam    

1.000.00 

Joseph  C.  Storey  

122,531.58 

Mary   H.    Miller   

1.512.50 

Edward   C.   SuUivan   

2,000.00 

Olga   E.   Monks    

2.500.00 

Sophronia    S.    Sunbury    

365.19 

George  Montgomery   

5,140.00 

Edward  Swan  

16,500.00 

3,000.00 

Emma   B.   Swasey  

2,250.00 

Louise  Chandler  Moulton 

Mary  F.  Swift  

1,391.00 

Bequest    

7.891.65 

William    Taylor    

893.36 

Mary  A.   Muldoon   

100.00 

Minnie    L.    Thayer    

1,000.00 

Mary    T.    Murphy    

10.000.00 

8,722.61 

Sarah    Ella   Murray    

8.000.00 

Joanna   C.    Thompson    

1,000.00 

Sarah  M.   Nathan   

500.00 

William  Timlin  

7.820.C0 

Joseph    F.    Noera    

2,000.00 

Alice  W.   Torrey   

71,560.00 

Henry  P.  Norris  

17.198.52 

Evelyn  Wyman  Towle  

5,820.00 

Mai-y   B.    Noyes    

915.00 

Stephen   G.   Train   

20,000.00 

Richard   W.    Nutter   

2.000.00 

Sarah  B.  Trott  

2,885.86 

Ella    Nye    

50.00 

Mary  Wilson   Tucker   

481.11 

Harold    L.    Olmstead    

5.000.00 

10,000.00 

Emily    C.    O'Shea    

1,000.00 

Maude  C.   Valentine   

1,884.22 

Sarah  Irene  Parker   

699.41 

Charles   A.    Vialle   

1,990.00 

William  Prentiss  Parker  .... 

2,500.00 

Abbie   T.    Vose   

1.000.00 

George  Francis  Parkman   .. 

50,000.00 

Nancie  S.  Vose  

300.00 

Grace   Parkman    

5.383.78 

Horace    W.    Wadleigh    

2.000  00 

Philip  G.  Peabody  

1.200.00 

Joseph   K.    Wait    

3,000.00 

Elizabeth   W.    Perkins    

2,000.00 

Amelia   L.    Walker    

1.000.00 

Ellen  F.   Perkins   

2.500.00 

Harriet  Ware   

1.952.02 

Edward  D.    Peters    

500.00 

Allena  F.   Warren   

2.828.33 

Clara    F.    Pterce    

2,005.56 

William   H.   Warren   

4.073.17 

Clara  J.  Pitts   

2,000.00 

Eleanore   C.   Webb    

5.314.95 

George  F.   Poland   

75.00 

Charles    F.    Webber    

30.915.93 

Elizabeth    B.    Porter   

5.449.50 

Mary   Ann   P.   Weld    

2,000.00 

George  M.   Whidden  Porter 

22,700.48 

Oliver  M.    Wentworth   

300.00 

Sarah   E.    Pratt   

2,988.34 

Cordelia   H.    Wheeler    

800.00 

Sarah   S.    Pratt    

5,000.00 

Opha    J.    Wheeler    

3,086.77 

Francis  I.  Proctor  

10,000.00 

Eliza  Ome  White   

3,949.83 

Grace    E.    Reed    

5,045.25 

Porter  W.   Whitmarsh   

75,000.00 

Carrie    P.    Reid    

679.51 

Ruth  E.  Whitmarsh   

1,000.00 

Leonard  H.   Rhod«    

1,012.77 

Sarah  L.   Whitmarsh    

2,000  00 

Mabelle   H.   Rice   

3,750.00 

Samuel  Brenton  Whitney  .. 

1,000.00 

Matilda    B.    Richardson    .... 

300.00 

Adelia  C.  Williams   

1,000.00 

William  L.  Richardson  

50,000.00 

Judson  Williams  

3,628.46 

Anne  Augusta  Robinson  .... 

212.20 

Lucy   B.   Wilson, 

Julia  M.  Roby   

500.00 

in  memory  of  

800.00 

Robert    Rodgers     

100.00 

Mehitable  C.  C.  Wilson  

643.75 

John  Roome  

4,721.48 

Nettie  R.   Winn   

1.000.00 

Barbara  S.  Ross  

2,740.35 

Fsther   F.   Wright   

6,427.76 

Henrietta  Goodrich 

Thomas    T.    Wyman    

20,000.00 

Rothwell   

500.00 

Fanny    Young    

8,000.00 

Mary  L.  Ruggles   

3,000.00 

William   B.    Young   

1,000.00 

Elizabeth    H.    Russell    

Josephine   Russell    

500.00 
500.00 

2,771,492.40 

Marian    Russell    

5,000.00 

Add: 

Nancy   E.    Rust   

2,640.00 

Distribution   of   Surplus 

37,097.45 

William    H.    Ryan    

8,023.48 

Emily  E.   St.   John    

5,015.00 

$2,808,589.85 

Joseph    Schofield    

2,500.00 

Sarah   E     Seabury    

3.116.01 

70 


KINDERGARTEN  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1947 

Special  funds: 

Glover  Funds  for  Blind-Deaf  Mutes  $  1,445.74 

Ira  Hiland  (income  to  W.  E.  R.  for  life)  1,371.20 

Emeline  Morse  Lane  Fund   (books)   1,371.20 

Leonard  and  Jerusha  Hyde  Room)   5,485.54 

Justin  B.  and  Mary  Letitia  Perkins 

Memorial    Fund    1,256.78 

Dr.  Ruey  B.  Stevens'  Charity  Fund  7,542.33 

Lucy  H.  Stratton  (Anagnos  Cottage)    ....  9,504.62 


$27,977.41 


Permanent  funds  (income  for  general  purposes) 


Charles    Tidd    Baker    Fund     $     27,025.25 

Mrs.  Jerome  Jones  Fund  .. 

9,935.95 

Mary  D.  Balfour  Fund  

5,692.47 

Charles    Lamed    

5,000.00 

William  Leonard  Benedict, 

Elisha    T.    Loring    

5.r  00.00 

Jr.,    Memorial    

1,000  00 

George  F.   Parkman   

3.500.00 

Samuel   A.   Borden    

4,675.00 

Catherine   P.    Perkins    

10,000.00 

A.  A.  C,  in  Memoriam   .... 

500.00 

Edith   Rotch    

lO.OOD.OO 

Helen  G.   Cobum  

9,980.10 

Frank  Da\ison  Rust 

Charles   Wells   Cook    

5,000.00 

Memorial    

15,600.00 

M.    Jane    Wellington 

Caroline  0.  Seabury  

1,000.00 

Danforth    Fund    

10,000.00 

Phoebe  Hill   Simpson  Fund 

3,446.11 

Caroline  T.  Downes   

12,950.00 

Eliza   Sturgis    Fund    

21,729.52 

Charles     H.     Draper     Fund 

23,934.13 

Abby  K.  Sweetser  

25,0  0.00 

Eliza  J.  Bell  Draper  Fund 

1,500.00 

Hannah   R.    Sweetser   Fund 

5,000.00 

Helen  Atkins  Edmands 

Mrs.  Harriet  Taber  Fund  .. 

622.81 

Memorial    

5,000.00 

Levina    B.    Urbino    

500.00 

George    R.    Emerson    

5,000.00 

The  May  Rosevar  White 

Mary   Eveleth   

Eugenia   F.    Famham    

1,000.00 
1,015.00 

Fund 

600.00 

Susan  W.  Farwell  

500.00 

256,148.11 

John    Foster    

5,000.00 

Add: 

The  Luther  and  Mary 

8,541.77 

Distribution   of   Surplus 

95,260.91 

Gilbert    Fund    

Albert   Glover   

1.000.00 

$351,409.02 

Martha  R.   Hunt  

10.000.00 

General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) 


Emilie  Albee  

.     $          150.00 

Lydia  A.   Allen    

748.38 

3,000.00 

Harriet  T.    Andrew   

5,000.00 

Martha  B.  Angell   

34,370.83 

Mrs.    William    Appleton    .. 

18,000.00 

Elizabeth  H.   Bailey   

500.00 

Eleanor  J.    W.   Baker   

2,500.00 

Ellen  M.  Baker   

13,053.48 

Mary  D.  Barrett   

1,000.00 

Nancy   Bartlett   Fund    

500.00 

Sidney    Bartlett    

10,000.D0 

Emma  M.   Bass    

1.000.00 

Sarah  E.  J.   Bexter   

61.847.49 

Thompson  Baxter  

322.50 

Robert    C.    Billings    

10,000.00 

Harriet   M.    Bowman    

1,013.32 

Sarah   Bradford       

inn.01 

Helen    C.   Bradlee    

140,000.00 

J.   Putnam  Bradlee  

194,162.53 

Charlotte  A.   Bradstreet   .. 

13,576.19 

Ellen  F.  Bragg  

8,006.69 

Lucy  S.  Brewer  

7,811.56 

Sarah  Crocker  Brewster 

Ellen    Sophia   Brown    

Rebecca  W.  Brown  

Harriet  Tilden  Browne  . 

Katherine  E.  Bullard  

Annie  E.    Caldwell    

John   W.   Carter    

Kate  H.   Chamberlin    

Adeline  M.  Chapin  

Benjamin   P.   Cheney   

Fanny  C.  Coburn   

Charles   H.   Colburn    

Helen  Collamore  

Anna  T.  Coolidge   

Mrs.  Edward  Cordis  

Sarah  Silver  Cox  

Lavonne  E.  Crane  

Susan  T.  Crosby  

Margaret   K.    Cummings 

James  H.   Danford   

Catherine  L.   Donnison 

Memorial     

George  H.   Downes   .    


500.00 
1.000.00 
8,977.55 
2,000.00 
2,500.00 
5,000.00 

500.00 
5,715.07 

400.00 
5,000.00 

424.06 

1,000.00 

5,000.00 

53,873.38 

300.00 
5,000.00 
3,365.21 

100.00 
5,000.00 
1,000.00 

1,000.00 
3,000.00 


71 


Kindergarten  Funds  (Cont'd) 
General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) 


Amanda   E.   Dwight   

6,295.00 

Edward  D.  Peters  

500.00 

Lucy   A.   Dwight   

4,000.00 

Henry  M.    Peyser    

5,678.25 

Harriet  H.  EUis  

6,074.79 

Mary    J.    Phipps    

2,000.00 

Mary  E.  Emerson  

1,000.00 

Caroline    S.    Pickman    

1,000.00 

Mary  B.   Emmens   

1,000.00 

Katherine  C.   Pierce  

5.000.00 

Arthur  F.   Estabrook   

2,000.00 

Helen  A.  Porter  

50.00 

Ida  F.  Estabrook  

2,114.00 

Sarah    E.    Potter, 

Orient  H.  Eustis   

500.00 

Endowment   Fund   

425.014.44 

Annie  Louisa  Fay 

Francis    L.    Pratt    

100.00 

Memorial     

1,000.00 

Mary  S.  C.  Reed 

5.000.00 
952.38 

Sarah   M.    Fay    

15,000.00 

Emma    Reid    

Charlotte   M.    Fiske    

5,000  00 

William  Ward  Rhoades   

7,507.86 

Ann   Maria   Fosdick   

14,333.79 
3,937.21 

Jane  Roberts  

93,025.55 

Nancy  H.  Fosdick  

John   M.    Rodocanachi    

2,250.00 

Fanny   Foster    

378,087.49 

Dorothy    Roflfe    

500.00 

Margaret   W.    Frothingham 

500.00 

Clara  Bates  Rogers  

2,000.00 

Elizabeth  W.   Gay   

7,931.00 
5,000.00 

Rhoda  Rogers  

500.00 

Ellen    M.    Giflford    

Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Rotch  .... 

8,500.00 

Joseph   B.    Glover   

5,000.00 

Rebecca   Salisbury   

200.00 

Mathilda  Goddard   

300.00 

J.    Pauline    Schenki    

10,956.26 

Anna   L.   Gray   

1,000.00 

Joseph    Schofield    

3,000.00 

Maria  L.   Gray  

200.00 

Eliza  B.   Seymour  

5.000.00 

Amelia    Greenbaum    

1,000.00 

John  W.  Shapleigh  

1,000.00 

Caroline   H.    Greene   

1,000.00 

Esther  W.  Smith  

6,000.00 

Mary  L.    Greenleaf   

5,157.75 

Annie  E.    Snow   

9,903.27 

Josephine  S.  Hall  

3,000.00 

Adelaide   Standish   

5,000.00 

Allen   HaskeU   

500.00 

Elizabeth   G.    Stuart   

2,000.00 

Mary   J.    Haskell   

8,687.05 

Benjamin    Sweetzer    

2,000.00 

Jennie  B.   Hatch   

1,000.00 

Sarah   W.   Taber   

1,000.00 

Olive  E.   Hayden   

4,622.45 

Mary  L.  Talbot   

630.00 

Jane  H.  Hodges  

300.00 

Ann    Tower   Tarbell    

4,892.85 

Margaret  A.  Holden  

2,360.67 

Cornelia  V.   R.   Thayer  

10,000.00 

Marion  D.   Hollingsworth   .. 

1,000.00 

Delia    D.    Thomdike    

5,000.00 

Frances    H.   Hood   

100.00 

EHzabeth   L.   Tilton    

300.00 

Abigail   W.   Howe   

1,000.00 

Betsey  B.  Tolman   

500.00 

Ezra    S.    Jackson    

688.67 

Transcript,  ten  dollar  fund 

5,666.95 

Caroline   E.    Jenks    

100.00 

Mary  Wilson  Tucker  

481.11 

Ellen   M.    Jones    

500.00 

Mary  B.  Turner  

7,582.90 

Hannah  W.  Kendall  

2,515.38 

Royal   W.    Turner   

24,089.02 

Clara    P.    Kimball    

10,000.00 

Minnie   H.   Underbill    

l,f:oo.oo 

David   P.    Kimball   

5,000.00 

Charles   A.    Vialle   

1,990.00 

Moses    Kimball    

1,000.00 

Rebecca   P.   Wainwright   .... 

1,000.00 

Ann    E.    Lambert    

7oo;oo 

George   W.   Wales    

5,000.00 

Jean   Munroe  Le  Brun   

1,000.00 

Maria   W.   Wales    

20,000.00 

Willard   H.    Lethbridge    

28,179.41 

Gertrude   A.    Walker    

178.97 

Frances  E    Lily  

1,000.00 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Ware  

4,000.00 

William   Litchfield   

6,800.00 

Rebecca   B.   Warren   

5.000.00 

Mary   Ann    Locke   

5,874.00 

Jennie  A.    (Shaw) 

Robert  W.  Lord  

1,000.00 

Waterhouse    

665.84 

Sophia  N.    Low   

1,000.00 

Mary   H.    Watson    

100.00 

Thomas  Mack   

1,000.00 

Ralph  Watson  Memorial  .... 

237.92 

Augustus  D.  Manson  

8,134.00 

Isabella   M.    Weld    

14,795.06 

Calanthe  E.  Marsh   

18,840.33 

Mary   Whitehead    

666.00 

Sarah   L.    Marsh    

1,000.00 

Evelyn  A.  Whitney  Fund  .. 

4,992.10 

Waldo   Marsh    

5G0.00 
45,086.40 

Julia  A.  Whitney  

100.00 

Annie  B.   Mathews   

Sarah    W.    Whitney    

150.62 

Rebecca  S.  Melvin  

23,545.55 

Betsey    S.    Wilder    

600.00 

Georgina   Merrill    

4,773.80 

Hannah  Catherine  Wiley  .... 

200.00 

Ira   L.   Moore    

1,349.09 

Mary  W.   Wiley   

160.00 

Louise  Chandler  Moulton   .. 

10,000.00 

Mary    Williams    

5,000.00 

Maria   Murdock    

1,000.00 

Almira   F.   Winslow   

306.80 

Mary   Abbie   Newell    

5,903.65 

Eliza   C.   Winthrop   

5,041.67 

Frances   M.    Osgood    

1,000.00 

Harriet  F.  Wolcott  

5,532.00 

Margaret  S.  Otis   

Jeannie  Warren  Paine  

1,000.00 
1,000.00 

2.065,769.71 

Anna  R.  Palfrey  

50.00 

Add: 

Sarah  Irene  Parker  

699.41 

Distribution    of    Surplus 

628,448.72 

Anna   Q.   T.   Parsons   

4,019.62 

Helen   M.    Parsons    

500.00 

$2,684,218.43 

Caroline  E.   Peabody   

3.403.74 

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HOWE  MEMORIAL  PRESS  FUNDS,  AUGUST  31,  1947 

Special  funds: 

Adeline  A.  Douglas  (printing  raised 

characters)     $  5,000.00 

Harriet  S.  Hazel  tine  (printing  raised 
characters)  2,000.00 

Thomas   D.    Roche    (publication   non-sec- 
tarian  books)    1,883.84 

J.  Pauline  Schenk  (printing)   10,955.26 

Deacon  Stephen  Stickney  Fund  (books, 
maps  and  charts)    5,000.00 

$24,839.10 

General  funds  (principal  and  income  for  general  purposes) : 

Beggs  Fund  $  1,000.00 

Joseph  H.  Center 1,000.00 

Augusta  Wells   10,290.00 

12,290.00 


$37,129.10 


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CONTRIBUTORS  TO  THE  DEAF-BLIND  FUND 


September  1,  1946  —  August  31,  1947 


Abbe,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Greenough  Mass. 

Abbe,   Mrs.   Mary   P.  Mass. 

Abbott,  Mr.   Frank  W.  Mass. 
Abbott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Prentice  W.     Mass. 

Abbott,   Mrs.   W.   T.  111. 

Adams,  Miss   F.   M.  Mass. 

Adams,   Miss   Jessie   L.  Mass. 

Adams,    Mrs.    John  Mass. 

Adams,    Miss    Kate   L.  Mass. 

Adams,    Mr.   Robert   W.  Mass. 

Addison,    Rev.    Charles    M.  Mass. 

Adler,   Miss   Cecilia  N.   Y. 

Adler,   Mrs.   Jacob  N.    Y. 

Agassiz,  Mrs.  George  R.  Mass. 

Aldrich,   Mrs.   Lorin   G.  Mass. 

Alexander,   Mrs.   John  W.  N.    J. 

Allan,  Mr.  Paul  H.  Mass. 

Allbright,   Mr.   Clifford  Mass. 

Allen.    Mr.    J.    J.  S.    D. 

Allen,   Mrs.    Jane   M.  Ky. 

Allen,  Mrs.   John  E.  Mass. 

Ailing,  Miss   Elsie  Dwight  Mass. 
American  Legion  Auxiliary,  East 

Lynn  Unit  Mass. 

Ames,  Miss  Rosella  S.  Mass. 

Ames,  Mrs.  Theodore  G.  Mass. 

Ames,   Mrs.   Winthrop  Mass. 

Amory,  Mrs.   Charles   B.  Mass. 

Amory,   Mr.   Roger  Mass. 

Amory,  Mrs.  William  Mass. 

Amster,  Mrs.  Morris  Ohio 

Andersen,  Mrs.  George  G.  Mass. 

Anderson,  Mrs.  Carl  Mass. 

Anderson,  Naomi  H.  Mass. 

Andress,   Mrs.   J.   Mace  Mass. 

Andrus,  Mrs.   G.   E.  Colo. 

Angus,   Miss   Lorraine   W.  Mass. 
Anonymous 

Appleton,  Miss  Maud  E.  Mass. 

Argersinger,  Mrs.  Roy  E.  Mass. 

Armstrong,  Mr.  Albert  C.  Mass. 

Arnold,   Mrs.    Harold   Greene  Mass. 

Arthur,  Misses  Susan  and  Alice  Mass. 
Ashenden,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  C.     Mass. 

Asher,  Mr.   Abraham  Mass. 

Ashworth,    Miss    Lillian   F.  Mass. 

Atherton,    Mr.    J.    Ballard  Hawaii 

Athey,   Mrs.    C.   N.  Md. 

Atkins,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elisha  N.  Y. 

Atwell,   Mrs.   A.   Y.  Mass. 

Atwood,   Mrs.    David   E.  Mass. 

Atwood,    F.    E.  Mass. 

Atwood,   Mrs.   Frank   W.  Mass. 
Atwood,    Hon.    and   Mrs.    Harry   H.     Mass. 

Austin,    Mrs.    Francis    B.  Mass. 

Austin,  Mr.  Irving  C.  Mass. 

Austin,  Mrs.  Walter  Mass. 

Ayer,  Mr.  Charles  F.  Mass. 

Backus,    Mrs.    Standish  Mich. 

Bacon,   Mr.   Paul  V.  Mass. 

Badger,   Mrs.  Arthur  C.  Mass. 
Badger,   Dr.  and  Mrs.  Theodore  L.     Mass. 

Baer,  Mrs.   Louis  Mass. 

Bailey,   Mr.    Richard   F.  R.    I. 

Bailly,   Miss   Emma   A.  N.   J. 

Baker,    Mrs.    Benedict    J.  Mass. 

Baker,    Mrs.    Dudley   M.  Mass. 

Baker,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Horatio   L.  Me. 

Baker,  Mrs.   Nathaniel  Mass. 

Baker,   Mrs.  Norman   C.  Mass. 

Baker,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Ross   W.  Mass. 

Banes,  Miss  Marrraret  Mass. 

Barlow,   Mr.    Charles   L.  Mass. 


Barney,    Dr.    J.    Dellinger  Mass. 

Barr,  Miss  Ada  M.  N.  Y. 

Barrett,  Miss  Florence  E.  Conn. 

Barry,    Mrs.    Edward    P.  Mass. 

Bartlett,    Mrs.    Matthew  Mass. 

Bartol,  Mrs.   John   W.  Mass. 

Barton,   Dr.   Basil   E.  Mass. 

Bassett,   Mrs.   N.   L.  Vt. 

Bauer,    Miss    Rose    F.  N.    Y. 

Baumgartner,    Mrs.    E.    L.  N.    J. 

Baxter,    Mrs.    Gregory    P.  Mass. 

Baxter,  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Mass. 

Beal,   Mrs.    Boylston    A.  Mass. 

Beal,    Joseph    and    Company  Mass. 

Bean,    Mrs.    Henry    S.  Mass. 

Bean,    Mr.    Howard    C.  Mass. 

Beaudreau,    Mr.    Raoul    H.  Mass. 

Beck,    Mrs.    Joseph    F.  N.    J. 

Beck,    Winifred    M.  Mass. 

Behr,   Miss   Eba  N.   Y. 
Bement,   Mr.   and   Mrs.    Edward   D.      Mass. 

Bemis,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Alan   C.  Mass. 

Bemis,  Mrs.   Harry  H.  Mass. 

BeniofT,  Mrs.  David  Calif. 

Benner,  Miss  Frances  Z.  T.  Mass. 

Bennett,  Mrs.  Harold  Mass. 
Benson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Emerson     Mass. 

Bentinck-Smith,    Miss    Joan  Mass. 

Bentinck-Smith,   Mrs.    W.  Mass. 
Berenson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theodore  W.  Mass. 

Bessom,    Mrs.    Frank    L.  Mass. 
Bicknell,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  E.         Mass. 

Bigelow,    Mrs.    Albert    F.  Mass. 

Bill,    Miss    Caroline    E.  Mass. 

Binney,  Miss  Emily  V.  Mass. 

Binney,  Miss  Helen  Maude  Mass. 

Bird,    Mr.    Charles    S.,    Jr.  Mass. 

Bird,    Mrs.    Francis    W.  Mass. 

Bishop,    Mrs.    Frank    C.  Mass. 

Bishop,    Mr.    N.    K.  Mass. 
Bixler,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Julius   Seelye         Me. 

Blackman,   Mrs.    A.    W.  Mass. 

Blais,   Mrs.   J.   A.  Mass. 

Blake,    Mr.    Benjamin    S.  Mass. 

Bliss,    Miss    Carrie    C.  Mass. 

Blix,  Miss  Katie  Calif. 
Blodgett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Thomas   H.     Mass. 

Bloomberg,    Mrs.    Wilfred  Mass. 

Bluhra,   Mr.  Louis  N.   Y 

BoUes,  Mrs.  Chester  A.  Mass. 

Book    Club,    The    (San    Diego)  Calif. 

Bosson,    Mrs.    Camp>>ell  Mass. 

Boston   Aid  to  the  Blind,   Inc.  Mass. 

Bosworth,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  H.  N.  Y. 
Bouve,   Dr.    and  Mrs.   Howard   A.       Mass. 

Bowden,    Mrs.     Frederick    P.  Mass. 

Bowditch,    Mrs.    Henry    I.  Mass. 

Bowditch,    Mrs.    Ingersoll  Mass. 

Bowen,    Mrs.    J.    W.  R.    I. 

Bowers,    Mrs.    Idella   M.  Mass. 

Bowman,  Miss  Mabel  E.  Mass. 

Bowser,   Mrs.   Roscoe  A.  Mass. 

Bovd,  Mr.  Francis  R.  Mass. 

Boyd,   Dr.   Walter  W.  D.    C. 
Boyer,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   WiUiam  E.          Mass. 

Boynton,    Mrs.    D.    S.  111. 

Bozyan,  Mrs.  H.  Frank  Conn. 

Bradford,    Mrs.    Robert   F.  Mass. 
Bradlee,   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Henry   G.        Mass. 

Bradlee,  Mrs.  Reginald  Mass. 

Brsdley,    Mr.    Leland    E.  Mass. 
Bragdon,  Dr.   and  Mrs.   Joseph  H.     Mass. 

Braun,  Mrs.   P.  M.  N.  Y. 

Brayles,    Dr.   Elizabeth   L.  Mass. 


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Breed,  Mrs.   Edward  F. 
Bremer,  Miss   Sarah  F. 
Brennan,  Mr.  Joseph  H. 
Bresky,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Otto 
Brewster,   Harriet 
Briggs,   Mrs.    Edward   C. 
Brinley,   Mrs.    Godfrey 
Brockett,  Mr.  Everett  B. 
Brookings,  Mrs.  Martha  N. 
Brooks,   Mrs.   Arthur   H. 
Brooks,  Mr.   Charles   F. 
Brooks,   Mr.   Gorham 
Brooks,  Mr  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  G. 
Brotherston,    Prof.    Bruce    W. 
Brown,   Miss  Adelaide  J. 
Brown,   Mrs.   Edwin   P. 
Brown,  Mrs.  Emma  L. 
Brown,    Mrs.    George   E. 
Brown,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  R. 
Brown,   Mrs.    George  W. 
Brown,    Miss    Margaret    L. 
Brown,   Mrs.   Hobart   W. 
Brown,  Mr.   J.    Frank 
Brown,    Miss    Sarah   N. 
Browne,   Miss    Florence  M. 
Browne,   Dr.    "William   E. 
Bruckhauser,    Mrs.   WDliam    K. 
Bruerton,    Miss    Edith    C. 
Bryant,    Miss    Elizabeth    B. 
Bryant,  Mrs.   Fred   S. 
Buck,   Mr.   Paul  H. 
Buckminster,   Mrs.   Grace   P. 
BueH,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   James   A. 
Bull,   Rev.   Wilbur  J. 
BuUard,    Miss    EUen 
Bump,  Mrs.   Archie  E. 
Burke,   Mrs.   Walter   SafPord 
Burr,   Mr.   I.   Tucker,    Jr. 
Bush,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   J.    Douglas 
Bush,   Miss   Mary   L. 
Bushnell,  Mrs.   Winthrop   G. 
Business    News    Bureau 

Cabot,    Mrs.    Charles    C. 

Cabot,    Mrs.    Chilton    R. 

Cabot,    Mr.    Godfrey    L. 

Cabot,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel 

Cabot,  Mr.   Walter  M. 

Cain,   Mr.    John    E. 

Calkins,   Dr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond 

CaUahan,    Mr.    Henry    J. 

Cambridge   Screw   Company 

Cameron,    Mrs.    Russell    R. 

Campbell-Dover,  Mrs.    Edina 

Campbell,  Miss    Elizabeth 

Campbell,  Mr.  F.  D. 

Campbell,    Miss    Margaret    M. 

Campbell,  Mrs.  Wallace  M. 

Canfield,    Mrs.   R.    Bishop 

Cantabrigia    Club 

Carberry,    Mrs.    C.    B. 

Carhart,   Mrs.   C.    L. 

Carpenter,  Miss  Janet  L. 

Carten,  Mrs.  John  L.,  Jr. 

Carter,    Mrs.    Albert   P. 

Carter,   Mr.    Clarence   H. 

Carter,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Hubert   L. 

Carter,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Richard   B. 

Cartland,   Miss   Marian   P. 

Carver,   Mr.    Harold   P. 

Casey,    Mr.    Stephen    R. 

Caskey,  Mrs.   Paul  D. 

Casselberry,    Mrs.    Clarence   M. 

Gate,  Mrs.  Alice  E. 

Central   Presbyterian   Church   School 

Cervi,   Miss    Beatrice   I. 

Chadsey,   Mrs.   Horace   M. 

Chafee,  Mr.   and   Mrs.   Z.,    Jr. 


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Chamberlain,    Dr.    Calvin  Mass. 

Chamberlain,  Mrs.   George  Mass. 

Chamberlain.    Mrs.    Samuel  Mass. 

Chamberlin,    Miss    Louise    M.  Mass. 

Chandler,    Mrs.    John  Mass. 

Channing,    Mr.    Walter  Mass. 

Chapin,   Mr.    E.    Barton  Mass. 

Chapman,    Mrs.    John    Alden  Mass. 

Chard,   Mrs.   Walter  G.  Mass. 

Charles,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Buchanan  Mass*. 

Chase,   Mr.   Alfred   E.  Mass. 

Chase,   Miss   Alice   P.  Mass. 

Chase,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Walter  I.  Mass! 

Chase,   Mrs.   Bertha   L.  Me. 

Chase,   Mrs.   Rachel  A.  Mass. 

Chase,    Mr.    Walter    B.  Mass! 

Chase,   Mr.   William   E.  Mass. 

Chatfield,  Miss  Alice  E.  Mass! 

Chatfield,  Mrs.  Frederick  R.  N.  H. 

Cheever,   Mrs.   R.    P.  Mass. 

Cheever,   Dr.   David  Mass. 

Cheney,  Mrs.   Benjamin   P.  Mass. 

Chick,   Mrs.   Isaac   W.  Mass 

Child,   Mrs.   H.   W.  Mont! 

Church,  Mrs.   Willard  N.   J. 

Claflin,   Mrs.   Thomas   M.  Mass. 
Claflin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.,  Jr. 

Clapp,    Mrs.    Clift    Rogers  Mass! 

Clark,  Mr.  Albert,  Jr.  R.   I, 

Clark,   Miss   Alice   Warren  Mass. 

Clark,  Dr.   and   Mrs.   Cecil   W.  Mass. 

Clark,   Mr.    Henry   J.  Mass. 

Clark,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Walter  E.  Mass. 

Clarke,   Mrs.    Bertrand   Moody  Mass. 

Clarke,   Mr.    Hermann    F.  Mass. 

Clarke,    Mrs.    Samuel   F.  Mass. 

Codman,  Mr.   John  S.  Mass. 

Codman,    Mrs.    Russell  Mass. 

Coggeshall,    Mrs.    Harrison    H.  Mass. 

Cole,    Mr.    Howard    W.  Mass. 

Cole,  Miss  Ruby  H.  Mass. 

Cole,   Mrs.    William   F.  Mass. 

Colgate,    Miss    Mabel    H.  Mass. 

Collins,    Mr.    Charles    A.  Mass. 

Collinson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Noyes  Mass. 

Colt,  Mrs.   Henry  F.  Mass. 

Compton,    Mrs.    Karl   T.  Mass. 

Conant,  Mrs.   Albert  F.  Mass. 
Conant,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   Ralph  W.       Mass. 

Condit,   Miss   Louise  Mass. 

Conroy,   Mr.   James   J.  Mass. 
Cooke,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Charles    E.        Ma.ss. 

Coolidge,   Mrs.   Arthur   F.  Mass. 

Coolidge,   Miss   Elsie   Winchester  Mass. 
Coolidge,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  T.  Jefferson,  Jr. 

Coon,   Mrs.    Edgar   A.  IT.    y! 

Cordingley,   Mr.    William    R.  Mass. 

Corey,   Mrs.   Eben   F.  Mass. 

Corliss,   Mr.  Howard   F.  Mass. 
Cotter,   Mr.   and   Mrs.    Richard   J.       Mass. 

Coty,    Mrs.    E.    P.  Mass. 

Courtney,    Miss    Mary    L.  N.    H. 

Cousens,    Mrs.    John    A.  Mass. 

Cowles,    Mrs.    Eugene  Mass. 

Coxe,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    Spencer   L.  Mass. 

Cranshaw,    Mrs.    H.    B.  Mass. 
Craven,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick   B.  Mass. 

Crehore,  Miss  Lucy  C.  Mass. 

Crocker,   Mrs.    Charles    T.  Mass. 

Crocker,   Mrs.    C.   Thomas  Mass. 

Crocker,  Mrs.  George  H.  Mass. 

Crocker,    Rev.    and   Mrs.    John  Mass. 
Crocker,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Lyneham        Mass. 

Crockett,  Mrs.  E.   H.  N.   H. 

Cronan,   Mrs.    J.    J.  Mass. 

Cross,  Mrs.   Charles   H.  Mass. 


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Crosby,   Mrs.    John    C. 
Crosby,  Mrs.   Stephen   Van  R. 
Crowell,   Mrs.    Curtis  R. 
Crowninshield,    Mr.    Francis    B. 
Cruft,  Mrs.  George  T. 
Crump,    Miss    Grace   L. 
Cummings,    Mrs.    Edward 
Cummings,    Miss    Frances   M. 
Cunningham,    Miss    Mary 
Curtis,   Mrs.   Greely   S. 
Curtis,   Mr.   H.   P. 
Curtis,  Mr.   Louis 
Cushman,  Mrs.  H.  E. 
Cutler,   Mr.    Charles    F. 
Cutler,   Mrs.    Patience   W. 

Dalton,  Mrs.  William  L. 

Dana,    Mrs.    Harold    W. 

Dana,   Prof.  Henry  W.  L. 

Dana,    Mrs.    Myer 

Dana  Hall   Service  League 

Dane,  Mrs.  Ernest  B. 

Dane,   Mr.   John,   Jr. 

Danielson,    Mrs.    Richard    E. 

Davis,    Mrs.    A.    W. 

Davis,   Mrs.   Edward   Kirk 

Davis,   Mr.    Jacob 

Davis,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Harold  T. 

Davis,    Mrs.    William    L. 

Davreon,  Mrs.   J.   Douglas 

Day,   Miss   Alice  F. 

Day,    Mrs.    Frank   A. 

Day,   Mrs.   W.   Taylor 

Dearborn,  Mrs.   Frederick  M.,   Jr. 

Dearborn,   Mrs.    L.    B. 

DeBlois,   Mrs.    George  L. 

DeFriez,    Mrs.    Thaddcus    C. 

De  Koning,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L. 

Deland,   Mrs.    Frank   S. 

Demarest,    Mrs.    David 

De   Mille,    Mrs.    John    C. 

Dexter,   Miss  Mary   Deane 

Dewey,    Mrs.    Harry    P. 

Dewey,    Miss    Lucy    E. 

d'Humy,   Mr.  F.  E. 

Dickinson,    Grace    I. 

Diechmann,    Miss    Bertha 

Dieffenbach,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  C. 

Dierksen,   Mrs.   H.   H. 

Dillingham,  Mrs.  Isaac  S. 

Dimick,    Mrs.    William    H. 

Doane,   Miss    Jessie 

Dodd,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Loring  H. 

Dogherty,    Marian    A. 

Dodge,    Mrs.    Edwin   S. 

Doherty,    Miss    Mary    C. 

Dohrmann,  Miss  Dorothy  A. 

Donald,   Mrs.    Malcolm 

Donnelly,    Mrs.    Edward    C. 

D'Orsi,     Pasquale 

Doty,    Mr.    William    H. 

Douglass,    Miss    .Josephine 

Douglass,  Mrs.  Mabelle  F.   A. 

Dow,    The    Misses 

Downer,  Miss   Lisa  de  Forest 

Dows,   Mrs.   Tracy 

Dowse,   Miss   Margaret 

Doyle,    Mr.    Timothy    F. 

Draper,  Mr.   Edward   B. 

Draper,   Mr.    and    Mrs.    James   B. 

Drey,   Dr.   Paul 

Drinkwater,   Mr.    Arthur 

Duddy,    Rev.    Frank    E. 

Duff,  Mr.   and   Mrs.   J.  Robertson 

Dumaine,    Mrs.    Frederick   C,    Jr. 

Durfee,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Nathan 

Durham,  E.   P. 

Durr,   Mrs.  R.   M. 


Mass.  Eager,  Miss  Mabel  T.  Mass. 

Mass.  Eames,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Burton   E.       Mass. 

N.   H,  Earle,  Mr.  Edward  H.  Mass. 

Mass.  East,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Tex. 

Mass.  Eastham,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Melville  Mass. 

N.    Y.  Eaton,   Mrs.    Frank  N.   J. 

Minn.  Eaton,   Mrs.   Lewis   Frederic  Mass. 

Mass.  Eckfeldt,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Roger  W.     Mass. 

Mass.  Edmonds,   Mrs.   Walter  D.  Mass. 

Mass.  Edmondson,  Mary  Ray  Vt. 

Conn.  Edsall,    Mrs.    John    T.  Mass. 

Mass.  Edwards,  Mr.   David  F.  Mass. 

Mass.  Edwards,    Mr.    Edward   B.  Fla. 

Mass.  Edwards,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  E.    Mass. 

Mass.  Eggers,    Mr.    William    A.  Ohio 

Ehrlich,   Mrs.   Henry  Mass. 

N.  Y.  Eiseman,   Mrs.   Philip  Mass. 

Mass.  Elder,  Miss   Vera  N.  Y. 

Mass.  Eliot   Chui'ch   of   Newton,    Primary 

Mass.                Department  Mass. 

Mass.  Eliot    Church    School,    Junior 

Mass.                Department  Mass. 

Mass.  Eliot,    Miss    Marian    C.  Mass. 

Mass.  Eliot,    Mr.    Samuel  Mass. 

N.    Y.  Ellis,    Dr.    A.    Caswell  Ohio 

Mass.  Ellis,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Benjamin  P.         Mass. 

N.   Y.  Ellis,  Mrs.  Edward  Harvey  Mass. 

Mass.  Ellison,    Mrs.    Eben    H.  Mass. 

Mass.  Ely,    Mrs.    Grosvenor,    Jr.  Mass. 

Mass.  Emerson,    Miss    Mabel    E.  Mass. 

Mass.  Emerson,    Mrs.    William  Mass. 

Mass.  Emmons,   Mrs.    Alfred   P.  Mass. 

Mass.  Emmons,   Mrs.   Robert  W.,   Sr.  Mass. 

Mass.  Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society       N.   Y. 

Mass.  Erickson,    Mr.    Joseph    A.  Mass. 

Mass.  Eustis,   Mr.    Stanton  R.  Mass. 

Mass.  Evangelical    Congregational    Church, 

Wash.                Friendly    Society  Mass. 

Mass.  Everett,   Miss    Emilie  Hughes  Mass. 

Mass.  Everett,  Miss  Florence  A.  Mo. 

Mass.  Ewer,   Mrs.   Herbert  L.  Mass. 
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Mass.  Fabens,   Miss   Caroline  H.  Mass. 

Mass.  Fabyan,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Marshall  Mass. 

N.   Y.  Fairfax,   Mrs.   Madge   C.  Mass. 

Mass.  Fairbank,   Mrs.   Murry  N.  Mass. 

N.    Y.  Falvey,  Mr.  T.  J.  Mass. 

Mass.  Farnsworth,   Miss   Marion   B.  Mass. 

N.   J.  Farrar,   Mrs.    Frederick   A.  Mass. 

Mass.  Faull,    Mr.    J.    H.  Mass. 

Mass.  Faunce,   Miss   Eliza   H.  Mass. 

N.    J.  Faxon,   Mrs.   Henry  M.  Mass. 

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Hersee,  Mr.  David  E. 

Hersey,    Miss    Ada    H. 

Herter,  Hon.   Christian   A. 

Hewins,   Miss    Elizabeth   L. 

Hicks,    Mr.    D.    B. 

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Hight,  Mrs.   Clarence  A. 

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Hyman,  Mr.    Abe 

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Joslin,   Mrs.    Elliott    P.  Mass. 

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Jouett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mark  R.  Mass. 
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Keith,   Mrs.   George   E.  N.   Y. 

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Kelchner,    Mr.    C.    S.  Pa. 

Kelley,   Mr.    Stillman    F.,   2nd  Mass. 

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Keville,    Brig.    Gen.    William    J.  Mass. 

Kidder,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Alfred    V.  Mass. 

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Kienbusch,  Mr.  C.  O.  V.  N.   Y. 

Kimball,   Mr.   Fred   N.  Mass. 

Kimball,    Mrs.    Frederic    P.  N.    Y. 

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Kramer,    Mr.    Joseph  N.    Y. 

Kress,    Samuel   H.,    Foundation  N.    Y. 

Kuhns,  Dr.   John   G.  Mass. 

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LaCroix,   Mrs.   Morris    F.  Mass. 

Ladd,   Dr.   and  Mrs.   William   E.  Mass. 

Langmann,   Mrs.    Alfred   G.  N.   Y. 

Lamb,    Miss    Carrie    F.  Mass. 

Lamb,  Mrs.   Horatio  A.  Mass. 

Lamb,  Miss  Rosamund  Mass. 

Lamson,   Miss    Winnetta  Mass. 

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Lang,   Miss    Margaret  Mass. 

Lannefeld,    Mr.    Walter   E.  Mass. 

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Lehner,   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Eugene  Mass. 
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Leonard,    Mrs.    Russell    H.  Mass. 

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Lessells,    Mrs.    John    M.  Mass. 

Levi,    Mr.    James    H.  Md. 

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Levison,    Mr.    Benjamin  N.    Y. 

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Locke,   Mrs.   A.   W.  Mass. 

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Lodge,    Mrs.    Henry    Cabot,    Jr.  Mass. 

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Lord,    Mrs.    W.    H.  Mass. 

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Merrill,    Mrs.    Keith  Va. 

Merrill,    Mrs.    Luther   M.  Mass. 

Merrill,  Mrs.   Sherburn  M.  Mass. 

Merriman,    Mrs.    E.    Bruce  R.    I. 

Messenger,    Mrs.    George   A.  Mass. 

Merritt,   Miss   Mildred  A.  Pa. 

Metcalf,    Mrs.    Robert    B.  Mass. 

Michie,    Mrs.    H.    Stuai-t  Mass. 

Miller,    Eleanor  Mass. 

Miller,   Mrs.   George  E.  Mass. 
Miller,  Rev.   and  Mrs.   Samuel   H.       Mass. 

Miller,    Mrs.    Tinkham  Mass. 

Minot,   Dr.   and  Mrs.   George  R.  Mass. 

Minot,    Mr.    James    J.  Mass. 
Minot,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wayland  M.       Mass. 

Mitchell,   Miss    Helen    C.  N.    Y. 

Mitchell,   Miss   Lilian  Mass. 
Mixter,    Dr.    and   Mrs.    Charles    G.      Mass. 

Mixter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Samuel  Mass. 

Mixter,   Mrs.    William   Jason  Mass. 

Moffitt.    Mr.     J.     K.  Calif. 

Mohr,   Mr.    Frank   J.  Penn. 

Moir,    Mr.    John    A.  Mass. 

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Monks,   Mrs.    Archibald    G.  Mass. 

Monks,  Rev.  G.   Gardner  Mass. 

Monks,   Dr.  and  Mrs.   John   P.  Mass. 

Monroe,   Mr.   Arthur   E.  Mass. 

Montague,   Mrs.   Wallace  T.  Mass. 

Montgomery,  Mr.   George  H.  Mass. 

Moody,   Miss   Julia   E.  Mass. 

Moon,    Mr.    Parry  Mass. 

Moore,  Mr.   Carl  F.  Mass. 

Moore,  Miss   Isabelle  T.  Mass. 

Moore,   Mrs.    Elaine  Mass. 

Moore,  Mrs.  Hugh  K.  Mass. 
Moore,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Murray    S.      Mass. 

Morison,  Mr.   Samuel  E.  Mass, 

Morgan,   Prof.    Edmund   M.  Mass. 

Morgan,    Mrs.    John    S.  Mass. 

Morrill,    Mrs.    Clyde    G.  Mass. 

Morrill,    Mr.    Leon    G.  Mass. 

Morris,   Mr.   Arthur  N.   Y. 

Morris,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Penn. 

Morris,   Miss    H.    Pearl  Ohio 

Morse,   Mrs.   James    F.  Mass. 

Morse,   Miss   Jessie  Gwendelyn  Mass. 

Morse,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   John   G.  Mass. 

Morton,   Mrs.    Richard   N.  Mass. 

Morton,    Mr.    Stanley  Mass. 

Moses,    Mrs.    George  Mass. 

Mosher,   Mrs.   Harris    P.  Mass. 

Motley,    Mr.    Caspar  Mass. 

Motley,   Mr.    Warren  Mass. 

Mountz,    Mrs.    James    T.  Mass. 

Mower,    Mrs.    Martin  Mass. 

Munro,  Mrs.   John   C.  Mass. 

Murdock,    Mrs.    John  Mass. 

Murdock,    Mrs.    Harold  Mass. 

Murray  Printing  Company  Mass. 

Myers,    Mrs.    Charles    H.  Mass. 

Nash,   Miss  Carolyn   R.  D.   C. 

Nathan,   Mr.   Joseph   B.  Mass. 

Nathanson,     Mr.     Edward     A.  Mass. 

Neely,  Mrs.  James  C.  Ma3s. 
NeUey,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Geoffrey  C.       Mass. 

Neill,  Miss   Lucy  H.  Mass. 

Neill,  Miss  Ruth  Mass. 
Nelson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  WiUiam  H.  Mass. 
New  England  Baptist  Hospital 

Alumnae   Association  Mass. 
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Newell,  Mrs.  John  Louis  Mass. 

Newhall,   Mr.    Guy  Mass. 

Neyhart,  Mr.  Adnah  Mass. 

Nichols,   Mrs.    A.   A.  Mass. 

Nichols,    Mrs.    Arthur    B.  Mass. 

Nichols,    Mrs.    Frank    C.  Mass. 

Nichols,   Mrs.   Maude   K.  Mass. 

Nickerson,  Mrs.  Annie  L.  Mass. 

Nield,    R.    Louise  Mass. 

Noble,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  K.  D.  Calif. 

Nock,   Prof.   Arthur   D.  Mass. 

Norcross,  Mrs.   William  W.  Mass. 

Norfolk    Junior    Woman's    Club  Mass. 

Northrup,  Miss  May  Mass. 

Norton,  Mrs.  D.  C.  N.  H. 

Norton,  Mr.   Thomas  H.  Mass. 

Norwich,   Mr.   and   Mrs.    Samuel  Mass. 

Nowell,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   James  Mass. 

Noyes,    Mrs.   Harry   K.  Mass. 

Noyes,   Mr.    James    B.  Mass. 

Noyes,  Miss   Margaret  D.  N.   H. 

Nutter,   Mr.   William   S.  Me. 

Oberlin,  Mrs.  A.  F.  Conn. 

Oberist,    Mr.    Henry    C.  Mass. 

O'Brien,   Mr.   Lincoln  N.    H. 

Ogden,   Mrs.   Hugh   W.  Mass. 

O'Keeffe,    Mr.   Adrian    F.  Mass. 

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Oldenberg,    Mr.    Otto  Mass. 

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Olmsted,   Mrs.   John   C.  Mass. 

Olson,    Mr.    Eric    E.  Mass. 

Onderonk,    Mrs.    Albert    P.  Mass. 
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Orlandini,    Mrs.    Vittorio  Mass. 

Osgood,    Mrs.    Edward   H.  Mass. 

Otis,   Mrs.   Herbert  F.  Mass. 

Packard,   Dr.   Fabyan  Mass. 

Page,   Mrs.   Frederick   H.  Mass. 

Paine,   Mr.    Richard   C.  Mass. 
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Paine,    Mr.    RusseU    S.  Mass. 

Paine,    Mrs.    William    D.  Mass. 

Palmer,   Mrs.    William   I.  Mass. 

Pappan,   Mr.    Ernest   S.  Mass. 

Parker,   Mrs.   Arthur   H.  Mass. 

Parker,   Miss   Eleanor   S.  Mass. 

Parmelee,   Miss  Mary   J.  N.   Y. 

Parsons,    Mrs.    Ernst   M.  Mass. 

Patton,    Mrs.    James    E.  Mass. 

Paull,    Miss    Mary  Wis. 

Payne,   Mrs.  Oliver  H.  N.   Y. 
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Peabody,    Miss    Amelia  Mass. 

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Pearse,    Miss    Alice   W.  Mass. 

Peavy,    Mrs.    Leopold  Mass. 

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Perkins,    Mr.    Edward    N.  N.    Y. 

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Persing,    Mrs.    L.    M.  Ohio 

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Petitmermet,    Mr.    Jules    P.  Mass. 

Petrucelli,    Mr.     Ernest  Mass. 

Pfaelzer,    Mrs.    Franklin    T.  Mass. 

Phillips,  Mr.  Asa   E.,  Jr.  Mass. 
Phillips,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  A.       Mass. 

Phillips,  Mr.  James  Duncan  Mass. 

Phillips,    Mrs.    Philip  Mass. 

Phillips,    Mrs.    William  Mass. 

Phipps,  Mrs.   Walter  T.  Mass. 
Pickman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dudley  L.,  Jr. 

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Pierce,   Mrs.   Andrew   G.  Mass. 

Pierce,    Mrs.    C.    Eaton  Mass. 
Pierce,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lincoln  W.       Mass. 

Pierce,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Roger  Mass. 

Fieri,    Mrs.    Albert  N.    J. 

Pike,    Mrs.    Roy  Calif. 

Pingree,    Mrs.    Arthur   H.  Mass. 

Pinkos,   Mrs.    Louis  Mass. 

Place,   Mr.   Winfred   A.  Mass. 

Pleadwell,    Miss    Amy  Mass. 

Pomeroy,    Mrs.    K.    H.  Conn. 

Poole,    Miss   Mary   E.  Mass. 

Pope,   Mrs.   Arthur  K.  Mass. 

Pope,  Mrs.  Frank  J,  Mass. 

Porter,  Mr.  Alex  N.  Y. 

Porter,  Mrs.  John  F.  N.  Y. 

Posey,   Mrs.    Chester   A.  N.   Y. 

Post,   Mr.    and   Mrs.    John   R.  Mass. 

Potosky,   Estate  of   Cecilia  N.    Y. 
Potter,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   George  W.       Mass. 

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Poveleite,  Mrs.  H.   A.  Mass. 

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Pratt,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Frederick   S.  Mass. 

Pratt,    Mr.    W.    Elliott,    Jr.  Mass. 

Prescott,    Miss    Clara    F.  Mass. 

Prescott,   Mr.   Samuel   C.  Mass. 

Preston,    Mr.    Jerome  Mass. 

Proctor,    Mrs.    Charles    A.  Mass. 

Proctor,    Miss    Cora    R.  Mass. 

Prout.   Mrs.   Henry   B.  Mass. 

Prouty,  Mr.   and  Mrs.    Robert  M.  Mass. 

Preston,    Mrs.    Thomas   J.  N.   J. 

Pruett,    Mrs.    Harry    J.  Calif. 

Purdy,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orville  Nash  Mass. 

Putney,    Mrs.    Edmonds  N.    Y, 

Quick,  Mrs.  Hermine  H.  N.  Y. 

Quincy   Women's    Club   Juniors  Mass. 

Ragen,   Mr.   J.   M.,   Jr.  111. 

Railsback,  Mrs.  Edward  Neal  Mass. 

Ramseyer,   Mrs.   C.   Theodore  Mass. 

Rantoul,   Mrs.    Neal  Mass. 

Rath.  Mrs.  Anna  C.  N.   Y. 

Ratshesky,    Mrs.    Theresa    S.  Mass. 

Raymond,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  C.  Mass. 

Reece,    Mrs.    Franklin    A.  Mass. 

Reed,   Miss    Anna   N.  Wis. 

Reed,   Miss    Emma   R.  Mass. 

Reed,   Mr.    William   Howell  Mass. 

Rehder,    Mr.    Alfred  Mass. 

Reid,   Miss  Anna   P.  Mass. 

ReiUy,   Miss    Mary   E.  Mass. 

Reinel,   Mrs.    C.   E.  Wis. 

Remer,   Mrs.   Robert  H.  N.    J. 

Resor,   Mrs.   Walter   G.  Mass. 

Rheault,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Charles  A.  Mass. 

Rice,  Mrs.  Albert  W.  Mass. 

Rice,   Mr.    and   Mrs.    Frederick    E.  Mass. 

Rice,    Mr.    Harry   L.  Mass. 

Rice,  Mr.   John  C.  Mass. 

Rich,  Mrs.  Albert  H.  N.  Y. 
Richards,  Mr.  Herbert  M.,  Honolulu,  T.  H. 

Richards,   Mr.    John  N.    H. 

Richards,   Miss   Rosalind  Me. 

Richardson,  Mrs.  George  W.  Mass. 

Richardson,   Mrs.    John  Mass. 

Richardson,  Mrs.   John,   Jr.  Mass. 
Richardson,  Misses  Laura  and  Elizabeth 

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Richardson,  Mrs.    Otis   Weld  Mass. 

Richardson,   Miss   Ruth   K.  Mass. 

Richmond,   Mr.    H.   B.  Mass. 

Riggs,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Francis    B.  Mass. 

Riley,    Miss    Mabel    Louise  Mass. 

Ritchie,  Mr.  James  H.  Mass. 

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Robert,    Mrs.    Urbain  Mass. 
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Mass. 
Robbins,  Mr,  Arthur  G. 
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Robbins,    Mrs.    Reginald    L.  Mass. 
Roberts  House  of  Brookline 

High  School  Mass. 
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Mass. 

Robison,    Mrs.    Rulon    Y.  Mass. 

Robson,   Miss   Alice  Mass. 

Roe,    Miss    Mary   T.  Ind. 

Rogers,   Miss    Bertha   F.  Mass. 

Rogers,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Leon  B.  Mass. 

Rogers,   Mr.   Louis   A.  Mass. 

Rogers,    Miss    Margaret  Mass. 

Rood,   Mrs.    Stanley   H.  Mass. 

Rose,  Mrs.   William   H.  Mass. 

Rosenthal,    Mrs.     Eugene  Mass. 

Rosenthal,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Louis  Mass. 


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Ross,  Mrs.  G.  A.  Johnston,  Honolulu, 

Ross,    Mr.   and   Mrs.   Thorvald   S. 

Rotch,    Miss    Edith    E. 

Rothwell,   Mr.    Bernard   J, 

Rousmaniere,    Miss    Mary    S. 

Rowland,    Dr.   William    D. 

Rowley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   H.  Esmond 

Rowley,    Dr.    Francis    H. 

Rudkin,    Mrs.    Thomas 

Rudy,    Miss    Mary   G. 

Runkle,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   John  C. 

Ruperti,    Mrs.    Justus 

RusseU,  Mrs.  B.  F.  W. 

Russell,    Mrs.    Harry    W. 

Russell,    Mrs.    Otis    T. 


Sachs,   Mr.   and  Mrs.    Paul   J,  Mass. 

Sack,   Mr.   Benjamin  N.    Y. 

Saltonstall,    Mr.    and   Mrs.    Robert  Mass. 
Saltonstall,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  G.  N.  H. 

Salvage,  Mr.  Louis   H.  Mass. 

Sameth,    Miss    Elsa  Nev. 

Sammet,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  Victor,  Jr. 

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Sampson.   Mrs.   Evelyn  M.  Mass. 

Sampson,    Mrs.    Robert    DeW.  Mass. 

Sanborn,    Mr.    Frank    B.  Mass. 

Sang,    Mrs.    Sara   A.  N.    Y. 
Sargent,    Mr.    Henry    J. 
Sargent,    Mrs.    John 
Sarton,    Dr.     George 
Saunders,   Miss    Edith    St.    L. 
Sawtell,    Mrs.    Frank   M. 


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Sawyer,   Miss    Caroline   A 

Sawyer,    Mrs.    Ella    Adams 

Sayles,   Mrs.    Robert   W. 

Scaife,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Roger  L. 

Schenck,    Mrs.    Garret,    Jr. 

Scher,    Mr.   Morris    G. 

Schildmachter,    Mrs.     O. 

Schirmer,    Mrs.    Frank    A. 

Schmidt,    Mrs.    Bernard 

Schneider,   Miss    Elizabeth 

Schnell,   Mrs.    Julius    N. 

Scott,    Mrs.    Hugh    D. 

Schraflft,   Mr.    W.    E. 

Schroader,   Miss   Anna   A. 

Schulte,    Mrs.    Jennie 

Schumacher,  Miss   Lillie  L. 

Schwarzman,   Mr.    Isadora   C. 

Scoggin,   Mrs.   Gilbert   C. 

Sears,   Miss   E.   Elizabeth 

Sears,    Miss    Edith    H. 

Sears,    Miss    Evelyn 

Sears,   Mrs.   John   B. 

Sears,    Mrs.    Richard 

Seaver,  Mrs.   Albert  H. 

Seaver,  Mr.   Henry  L. 

Seavey,    Prof.    Warren    A. 

Sebastian,   Mr.    W. 

Seccomb,    Miss    Dorothy   B. 

Seccomb,  Mrs.  Eben  D.,  2nd 

Security   Mills,   Inc. 

Sedgewick,    Mr.   Henry   D. 

Seeley,    Miss    Helen 

Seeley,    Mrs.    Paul    Stark 

Seltzer,    Mrs.    John    S. 

Shapiro,   Mr.   Maxwell 

Shattuck,   Mr.   Henry   L. 

Shattuck,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Mayo  Adams 

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Shaw,   Mrs.  Alice  J.  Mass. 

Shaw,  Mr.   Harold  B.  Mass. 

Shaw,   Mrs.   Carleton   A.  Mass. 

Shaw,   Mrs.    Henry    S.  Mass. 

Shaw,    Mrs.    Sohier  Mass. 

Shaw,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   S.   Parkman       Mass. 


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Shaw,   Mrs.   Walter  K.,   Jr.  Mass. 

Shea,    Mrs.   Charles   A.  Maes. 

Shepard,    Mr.    Frank    R.  Mass. 

Sherman,   Mrs.    John    F.  Mass. 

Sherman,    Miss    Rose  Mass. 

Shillito,  Mr.   and  Mrs.  John  Mass. 

Shimer,    Mrs.    Henry    S.  Mass. 

Shulman,    Dr.    Maurice  H.  Mass. 

Sibley,    Miss    Emily  Mass. 

Siegel,    Mrs.    Eli  Mass. 

Sias,    Miss    Martha    G.  Mass. 

Simon,    Mr.    Harry  Neb. 
Simon,   Mr.  and  Mrs.   Samuel  B.          Mass. 

Simonds,    Mrs.    Giflford    K.  Mass. 

Simonds,  Mrs.  Harlan  K.  Mass. 

Simpson,    Mrs.    Sidney    P.  Ohio 

Slicer,   Miss   Henrietta  W.  Md. 
Slichter,    Prof,    and   Mrs.    Sumner       Mass. 

Smith,    Miss    Alice   H.  Mass. 

Smith,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  D.  N.  Y. 

Smith,   Mrs.   Clarence  R.  Mass. 

Smith,    Mrs.    Donald   W.  Mass. 

Smith,    Mr.    Francis    D.  Colo. 
Smith,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  George  Van  S.  Mass. 

Smith,  Mrs.   J.   Archy  Fla. 

Smith,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Lyman  B.  Mass. 

Smith,  Mrs.   Ralph  W.  Mass. 

Smith,   Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roger  D.  Mass. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Wilbur  A.  Conn. 

Smyth,   Mrs.    H.   Weir  Mass. 

Snow,  Mrs.   William  B.,  Jr.  Mass. 

Sooy,  Mrs.  Curtis  Penn. 

Soule,   Mrs.    Horace  H.  Mass. 

Southack,    Mrs.    T.  Conn. 

Southwick,    Mrs.    Hope   C.  Mass. 

Speare,    Mrs.    Lewis    R.  Mass. 

Spector,    Mr.    Robert  N.    Y. 

Spelman,    Mrs.    Henry   M.  Mass. 

Spencer,   Mrs.    Guilford    L.  Mass. 

Spencer,   Mr.    Theodore  Mass. 

Spink,   Miss   Ruth   H.  111. 

Spore,  Mr.   L.   D.  Mass. 

Sprague,   Mrs.   O.  M.   W.  Mass 
Squibb,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Charles   G.       Mass. 

Stackpole,    Mrs.    Pierpont    L  Mass. 

Standish,   Dr.    J.    H.  Conn. 

Standley,  Miss  Carolyn  F.  Mass. 

Stanton,    Mrs.    H.    T.  Ill, 

Stearly,   Mrs.  Wilson   R.  N.   J. 

Stearns,    Mrs.    Emily    W.  Mass. 

Stebbins,   Mrs.   Roderick  Mass. 

Stedfast,  Mrs.  Albert  R.  Mass. 

Stedman,  Miss  Anne  B.  Mass. 
Steele,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  R.  Carnegie  Mass. 

Steele,  Miss  Katherine  E.  D.   C. 

Steele,   Mr.    Matthew   F.  N.   D. 

Steermaier,   Mr.    Henry   L.  Mass. 

Stein,  Mrs.   Emil  N.   Y. 

Stephenson,   Mrs.   W.   R.   C.  Mass. 

Sterling,   Mr.   and   Mrs.    David  Mass. 

Stevens,   Miss   Gertrude  Mass. 

Stevenson,    Mrs.    John  Mass. 

Stevenson,  Mrs.   W.   N.  Mass. 

Stoddard,  Mrs.   Thomas   F.  Mass. 

Stone,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Albert  J.  Conn. 

Stone,   Mrs.    Edward   H.  Mass. 

Stone,  Mrs.  Robert  G.  Mass. 

Stone,    Mrs.    S.    M.  Mass. 

Stone,    Mrs.    William  Mass. 

Storer,   Miss   Emily   L.  Mass. 

Storer,  Miss  Helen  L.  Mass. 

Strathy,  Mrs.  Richardson  N.  Y. 

Straus,   Mr.   David  Ohio 

Streeter,   Mrs.    Edward   Clark  Conn. 

Strickland,    Antoinette  Mass. 
Strong,   Mr.   and   Mrs.    Alexander       Mass. 

Stout,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   George  L.  Mass. 

Stroud,  Rev.  Arthur  D.  Mass. 


Stuart,  Miss    Charlotte   V.  Mass. 

Stuart,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Melville  Mass. 

Stuart,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Ralph    E.  Mass. 

Stuart,    Mrs.    Willoughby    H.,    Jr.  Mass. 

Studley,    Mrs    Robert   L.  Mass. 

Sturges,   Mrs.   Rush  R.   I. 

Sturgis,   Mrs.    Edwin   A.  Mass. 

Sturgis,   Miss   E.    R.  Mass. 

Sturgis,  Mr.   S.  Warren  Mass. 

Suarez,    Mrs.     Philip  Mass. 

Suder,   Mrs.   George  B.  Mass. 

SuUivan,    R.    C.    Co.  Mass. 

Summers,    Mrs.    Gaston  Mass. 

Summers,   Mr.   Merle  G.  Mass. 

Swartz,    Mr.    Edward   M.  Mass. 

Sweetland,    Mr.    Ralph  Mass. 

Swinney,    Miss   Ruth  Ore. 

Taber,  Mrs.   T.   T.  N.   J. 

Talano,  Mrs.  Maria  H.  Calif. 

Talbot,    Mr.    Edmund   H.  Mass. 

Talbot,    Miss    Marion  111. 

Talbot,    Miss    Mary    Eloise  Mass. 

Tapley,   Mr.   Gilbert  H.  Mass. 

Tarbox,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   Alfred   B.  Mass. 

Taylor,    Mrs.    Davis  Mass. 

Taylor,   Mrs.    Edward   W.  Mass. 

Taylor,    Mrs.    Grant   S.  Mass. 

Tenney,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  B.  Mass. 

Thayer,   Mr.   and   Mrs.    Ernest   L.  Calif. 

Thayer,    Mrs.    Warren  Mass. 

Thayer,    Mrs.    William    G.  Mass. 

Thom,  Dr.  D.  A.  Mass. 

Thomas,   Mr.    John   G.    W.  Mass. 

Thomas,    Miss    Helen  Mass. 

Thompson,    Mrs.    Augustus  Mass. 

Thompson,  Miss  Helen  Mass. 
Thompson,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  H.  Mass. 

Thompson,   Mr.    Wayne    B.  Mass. 

Thorp,    Miss    Alice   A.  Mass. 

Thurber,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Robert  Mass. 

Thurston,    Mr.    Edward    S.  Mass. 

Tierney,   Mrs.   John    P.  Mass. 

Tilden,   Misses   Alfce  F.   and   Edith  S. 

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Titus,   Dr.   R.   S.  Mass. 

Tobey,   Mrs.   Walter  P.  Mass. 

Tobias,  Mr.  F.  N.  Y. 

Tod,    Mrs.    Stuart  Mass. 

Torbert,   Mrs.   James  R.  Mass. 

Tower,  Miss   Florence  E.  Mass. 

Townsend,   Miss   Annie  R.  Mass. 

Tozzer,    Mrs.    Alfred   M.  Mass. 

Trainer,   Mr.    H.   R.  Mass. 

Traylor,  Mrs.   Mahlon   E.  Mass. 
Trinity  Congregational   Church 

Sunday    School  Mass. 

Tri  Sigma  Sorority,  Beta  Chapter  N.  J. 
Tripp,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  V.,  Jr. 

Mass. 

Troutwine,  Mrs.  Harry  Mass. 

Tucker,  Mrs.   Henry  Guild  Mass. 

Tucker,   Miss  Minnie   C.  N.    Y. 

Tucker,   Mr.   Nathan  Mass. 

Tuckerman,    Mrs.    Sears  Mass. 

Turner,   Miss   Amanda  Mass. 

Tyler,  Mr.  Brenton  E.  Mass. 

Ultsch,  Mrs.   Emma  L.  Mass. 

Underwood,  Mrs.   Charles  A.  Mass. 

Underwood,  Mrs.   William   Lyman  Mass. 
Union  Congregational  Church,  Primary 

Department,   East  Braintree  Mnss. 

Upham,  Miss  E.  Annie  Mass. 

Upham,  Mrs.  George  B.,  3rd  Mass. 

Usher,   Mrs.    Samuel  Mass. 


Van  Buskirk,  Mr.   George  L. 


N.   Y. 


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Van  Ingen,  Miss   Anne  H.  Conn. 

Van  Norden,  Mrs.   Grace  C.  Mass. 

Van  Vleck,  Mr.  John  H.  Mass. 

Vaughan,   Miss    Bertha   H.  Mass. 

Vaughan,   Miss   Margaret  I.  N.   J. 

Ver    Planck,    Mr.    Philip  Mass. 

Vickery,   Mrs.   Herman   F.  Mass. 

Voehl,   Miss   Marie   C.  N.    Y. 
Vogel,  Mr.  and  Mrs.   Augustus  H.     Mass. 

Vogeley,  Mrs.  W.  Roebling  N.   Y. 

Volkmann,  Mrs.   James   Howe  Mass. 

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Waldo   Congregational   Sunday   School 

Brockton  Mass. 

Wallace,  Miss  Bessie  M.  N.  Y. 

Waller,    Miss    Jessie  N.    Y. 

Wallour,  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Mass. 

Walworth,  Miss   Harriet  E.  Mass. 

Ward,   Mr.   Edgar  Mass. 

Ward,   Miss   M.   DeC. 
Ward,  Mr.   Robert  S. 
Waring,    Mrs.    Guy 
Warner,    Mrs.    Sam    B. 
Warren,   Mrs.    Bayard 
Washburn,   Rev.   Henry  B. 
Warren,    Mr.    Bertrain    E. 
Washburn,   Miss   Ruth   W. 
Waterman,   Dr.  and  Mrs.   George  A 
Webber,  Mrs.   Paul  B. 
Webster,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laurence  J.  Mass 
Webster,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  W.       Mass 
Weil,  Mrs.  Frank  L. 
Weil,  Mr.   Jesse 
Wellington,    Mrs.    Louis    B. 
Wellman,  Miss  Mabel  T. 
Wells,  Miss   Amy  W. 
Wells,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   George   B. 
Wells,   Mr.    Wellington,   Jr. 
Wendell,  Mr.  Arthur  R. 
Wessell,   Mrs.    AJice   C. 
West,  Mrs.  Henry  S. 
West  Newton  Women's  Educational  Club 

Mass. 
Wetherbee,    Miss    Lila 
Whealan,    Mr.    James    E. 
Wheelan,  Mr.  R.  B. 
Wheeler,  Mrs.  Leonard 
Whipple,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  A. 
White,   Miss   Gertrude  R. 
White,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richardson 
White,  Mrs.  Moses  P. 
Whiteman,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  John  B. 
Whitman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Whitmore,  Mrs.  A.  L. 


Mass. 
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Mass. 


N.  Y, 
Ky. 

Mass. 
Ind. 

N.   Y. 

Mass. 

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Mass. 
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Whitney,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Handasyde 

Mass. 

Whitney,  Mrs.    Geoffrey  G.  Mass. 

Whitney,  Mrs.  Richard  S.  Mass. 

Whitney,   Mrs.  William   Thaw  Mass. 

Whittemore,  Mr.  Homer  F.  Mass. 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  T.  P.  Mass. 

Whittemore,   Dr.   W.   Stewart  Mass. 

Whitwell,   Mrs.   Frederick   S.  Mass. 

Widder,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  V.  Mass. 

Wiese,  Mr.  Robert  G.  Mass. 

Wiggin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  B.  Mass. 

Wight,   Mrs.   Elsie  B.  Mass. 

Wight,  Mrs.  Marcus   S.  Mass. 

Wilby,  Mr.  William  Lewis  Mass. 

Wild,  Mrs.  John  D.  Mass. 

Wild,  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Payson  S.  Mass. 

Wiley.  Mrs.  W.   O.  N.  Y. 

Wilkins,  Miss  Georgia  M.  Ga. 

Wilkinson,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   A.   T.  Mass. 

Willard,   Mrs.    Frank   H.  Mass. 

Williams,  Miss  Helen  R.  Mass. 

Williams,   Mrs.   Holden    P.  Mass. 

Wiliams,   Mrs.   J.   Bertram  Mass. 

Williams,   Miss    Susan  Mass. 

Willing,   Mr.   and  Mrs.  James  Mass. 

Williston,    Miss    Emily  Mass. 

Williston,    Prof.    Samuel  Mass. 

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Wilson,   Mrs.    Fred   A.  Mass. 

Wilson,    Mrs.    Russell  Ohio 

Winn,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Charles   C.  Mass. 

Winsor,  Mrs.  Frederick  Mass. 

Winsor,  Miss  Mary  P.  Mass. 

Winslow,    Mrs.    Robert  Mass. 

Winthrop,    Miss    Clara    B.  Mass. 

Wiswall,    Mrs.    Augrustus    C.  Mass. 

Witte,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Edward   B.  Mass. 

Wolf,  Mrs.  Louis  Ind. 

Women's   Association,  Central  Congre- 
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Women's  Rest  Tour  Association  Mass. 

Women's  Union  of  the  First  Congre- 
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Wood,  Mrs.  C.   F.  Ky. 

Wood,   Mrs.   Edward   S.  N.   J. 

Wood,  Mr.  George  W.  Kans. 

Worley,   John,   Company,   Inc.  Mass. 

Wright,  Mr.  E.  C.  Ohio 

Wright,  Mr.  George  R.  Mass. 

Wright,  Mrs.   Vernon  A.  Minn. 

Yaglou,  Mrs.   Constantin   P.  Mass. 

Young,   Dr.  and  Mrs.    Edward   L.  Mass. 

Zschirpe,  Minnie  E.  Conn. 


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FORM  OF  BEQUEST 

I  hereby  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution 
AND  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly 
organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  the  sum  of  dollars  ($  ),  the  same  to 

be  applied  to  the  general  uses  and  purposes  of  said  corporation  under 
the  direction  of  its  Board  of  Trustees ;  and  I  do  hereby  direct  that 
the  receipt  of  the  Treasurer  for  the  time  being  of  said  corporation 
shall  be  a  sufficient  discharge  to  my  executors  for  the  same. 


FORM  OF  DEVISE  OF  REAL  ESTATE 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Perkins  Institution  and 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind,  a  corporation  duly  organ- 
ized and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, that  certain  tract  of  real  estate  bounded  and  described  as 
follows : 

(Here  describe  the  real  estate  accurately) 


with  full  power  to  sell,  mortgage  and  convey  the  same  free  of  all 
trusts. 


NOTICE 

The  address  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  corporation  is  as  follows : 

JOHN  P.  CHASE 

75  Federal  Street,  Boston  10,  Mass.